Papers by Jacqueline Corcoran
Tradition-a Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought, 2001
This exploratory study used Bronfenbrenner's (1979) multi-systemic framework to determine the fac... more This exploratory study used Bronfenbrenner's (1979) multi-systemic framework to determine the factors predicting scores on the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) with a sample of low SES and culturally diverse (White non-Hispanic, African-American, and Hispanic) teenagers attending both primary and secondary pregnancy prevention programs. Factors studied at the individual (micro) level involved the adolescent's pregnancy status; at the level of the immediate social environment (meso), family structure was assessed, and SES and race were studied as broader social environment influences (macro). Overall, scores on the FAD were high, indicating unhealthy functioning according to teen self-reports. Support was indicated for the Bronfenbrenner model with all three systems levels exerting an influence on family functioning. Adolescents who had grown up in homes without their parents seemed most at risk for perceptions of poor family functioning although racial differences were found. Overall, minority teens rated their families as higher functioning. Pregnancy and parenting as a teenager also appeared to put a strain on family functioning. Implications for service delivery are discussed.
Crisis Intervention and Time-limited Treatment, 2000
... JACQUELINE CORCORAN* ... 7 considering behavioral problems specifically, one study compared f... more ... JACQUELINE CORCORAN* ... 7 considering behavioral problems specifically, one study compared family-based to indi-vidual treatment for Hispanic youth (Szapocknik, Rio, Murray, Cohen, Scopetta, Rivas-Vasquez, Hervis, Posada, & Kurtines, 1989). ...
Journal of Family Violence, 2005
A police/victim assistance crisis intervention program was evaluated over a 6-month period for it... more A police/victim assistance crisis intervention program was evaluated over a 6-month period for its effect on police-related outcomes. Police report data on crisis team cases (N = 96) were compared to a random selection of family violence cases (N = 80) that were not served by the crisis team. The crisis team cases generated more arrests; however, victim cooperation was lower than in noncrisis intervention cases. Implications for work with family violence and victim assistance are discussed, as well as needs for future research.
Tradition-a Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought, 1997
This article describes the ways in which a solution-focused practice approach is advantageous for... more This article describes the ways in which a solution-focused practice approach is advantageous for social workers working in a variety of settings with juvenile offenders, due to its strengths-based and positive orientation. The general approach is discussed as well as specific techniques and examples of applications, such as building a relationship with a juvenile offender who has been mandated into services, finding and amplifying exceptions to the problem and other resources and strengths, and setting goals with the use of scaling questions.
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Papers by Jacqueline Corcoran