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Gil, David Georg was born on March 16, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Came to United States, 1957, naturalized, 1963. Son of Oskar and Helene (Weiss) Engel.
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For this volume Gil examines and interprets a series of nationwide studies of child abuse that were initiated in 1965 in an attempt to unravel the context of social and cultural forces with which violent behavior against children is associated. He begins with a definition: "Physical abuse of children is the intentional, nonaccidental use of physical force, or intentional nonaccidental acts of omission, on the part of a parent or other caretaker interacting with a child in his care, aimed at hurting, injuring, or destroying that child." With an approach that is epidemiologic, social, and cultural, rather than clinical and psychological, he compiles findings from press and public-opinion surveys, from analyses of nearly 13,000 incidents of child abuse reported through legal channels across the country during 1967 and 1968, and from a comprehensive study of more than 1300 incidents reported in a representative sample of cities and counties. He deals with incidence and community response rather than with case histories. The findings, Gil maintains, suggest that violence against children is rooted in culturally determined theories and practices of child-rearing, with a higher incidence among the lower educational and socioeconomic strata of society, among broken families, and among families with four or more children. He concludes that perhaps the most serious form of child abuse is that inflicted by society rather than by parents and guardians. This societal abuse is manifested by the statistics on infant mortality, hunger and malnutrition, poverty, inadequate medical care, poor education, and officially sanctioned physical abuse in schools, correctional institutions, child care facilities, and juvenile courts. The author further concludes that American culture encourages the use of a certain measure of physical force in rearing children. Straightforward and clearly presented, Gil's book also suggests a typology of child abuse and recommends a set of structural measures and policies designed to reduce the incidence of abuse through an attack on its apparent roots within the fabric of society.
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More urgent than ever, David G. Gil's guiding text gives social workers the knowledge and confidence they need to change unjust realities. Clarifying the meaning, sources, and dynamics of injustice, exploitation, and oppression and certifying the place of the social worker in combating these conditions, Gil promotes social-change strategies rooted in the nonviolent philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.. He shares suggestions for transition policies intended to alleviate poverty, unemployment, and discrimination and examines modes of radical social work practice compatible with the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and President Roosevelt's proposed "Economic Bill of Rights." For this updated edition, Gil considers the factors driving two crucial developments since his volume's initial publication: the Middle East's Arab Spring and the U.S. Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Gil, David Georg was born on March 16, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Came to United States, 1957, naturalized, 1963. Son of Oskar and Helene (Weiss) Engel.
Bachelor, Hebrew U., 1957; Master of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1958; Doctor of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1963.
Farmworker, laborer, 1939—1943. Counselor, teacher Home for Dependent, Neglected and Delinquent Children, Tel-Mond, Palestine, 1943—1945. Probation officer Department Social Welfare, 1945—1953.
Fellow United Nations, Philadelphia, 1953—1954. Assistant director Youth Probation Service, Jerusalem, 1955-1957. Family counselor Jewish Family Service, Philadelphia, 1957—1959.
Supervisor, research associate Association Jewish Children, 1959—1963. Research director Society to Prevent Cruelty to Children, Boston, 1963—1964. From assistant professor to professor social policy Brandeis University, Waltham, 1964—2010.
Director Center for Social Change, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University, Waltham, 1984-2003. Kenneth L. Pray lecturer University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1991. Visiting professor Washington University School of Social Work, 1975-2002, faculty Republican, board Overseers, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, since 2010.
( For this volume Gil examines and interprets a series o...)
( For this volume Gil examines and interprets a series o...)
(More urgent than ever, David G. Gil's guiding text gives ...)
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Faculty representative board trustees Brandeis University, 1990-1994, 2005-2009. Co-chair Socialist Party, 1995-1999. Member executive committee National Jobs for All Coalition, since 1997.
Member National Association of Social Workers (delegate assembly 1987-1990, Social Worker of Year award 2000), National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts, Association Humanist Sociology (president 1981), American Orthopsychiat. Association (board member 1990-1993).
Married Eva Aviva Breslauer, August 2, 1947. Children: Daniel W. and Gideon R. (twins).