In search of prevention : the MARS Project
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In search of prevention : the MARS Project
（Evaluative studies in social work）
Avebury, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Aims to clarify the concept of prevention in social work, devise a method for evaluating its effectiveness and apply the method to the efforts of a voluntary agency (Mobile Action Resource Service); concludes that intensive social work can be effective with a "resistant" client group.
Table of Contents
- MARS in content - the study design
- MARS at work - an overview
- the clients
- preventive work in practice
- goals and achievements
- an experiment in prediction
- MARS and the social work department - influencing the practioners?
- conclusion
- bibliograpny. Appendices: prediction exercises - case histories
- sample table of predictions.
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