Encounters with Danger

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Abstract
The social services, especially today, are intent on providing ghetto dwellers with adequate care. But this mission cannot be accomplished unless service workers are willing to enter ghetto areas and to incur risks to their physical safety. This paper describes some of the sociopsychological and structural influences which induced and later enabled a group of social workers to expose themselves to physical harm. On a more general level, it bears on the following question: how do organizations ensure that undesirable positions are filled?

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