Group homes for the mentally retarded: a study of community and freedom

Through a case study, this study examines the organizational structure of group homes for the mentally retarded. The case study is found to represent a new form of communal organization according to Hillery's theory of communal organization (1968; 1978). As a communal organization, the structur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wendt, Robert J.
Other Authors: Sociology
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/74530