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Girodano, Peggy C.; And Others – American Journal of Sociology, 1986
Examines delinquents' friendships and the ways in which they differ from those of more conforming adolescents on a sample of 942 youths between 12 and 19 years of age living in a large north central city. Concludes that current explanations of the relationship between friendship and delinquency are inadequate. (JDH)
Descriptors: Delinquency Causes, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship, Social Attitudes
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Dinkes, Rachel; Cataldi, Emily Forrest; Lin-Kelly, Wendy – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
This report is the tenth in a series of annual publications produced jointly by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education Sciences (IES), in the U.S. Department of Education, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the U.S. Department of Justice. This report presents the most recent data available on school…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, National Surveys, Social Indicators
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Wilson, Thomas, C. – American Journal of Sociology, 1986
Using data from 1,468 residents of small, medium, and large cities, this study investigates a subcultural theory explanation of the relationship between the existence of varied social attitudes and city population size. Results confirm a positive relationship which is explained through the subcultural processes of diffusion, intensification, and…
Descriptors: Conservatism, Higher Education, Liberalism, Secondary Education
Johnston, Lloyd D.; And Others – 1987
In the spring of 1987, a survey was conducted of 2,700 seniors in 37 overseas schools of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) system, replicating an earlier 1982 survey. Both matched a parallel series of domestic national surveys in the ongoing Monitoring the Future study. This report presents the findings on the prevalence of drug…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dependents Schools, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
Leary, Linda F.; Wightman, Lawrence E. – 1982
This publication reports demographic data describing the population of examinees who took the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) during the administration year October 1980 through July 1981. This information was obtained from examinee responses to the nine-item Biographical Information Questionnaire, other information on the 1980-81…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Business Administration Education, College Entrance Examinations, Demography
Johnston, Lloyd D.; And Others – 1987
This paper presents selected research findings from Monitoring the Future, an annual series of national surveys focusing on lifestyles and drug use among representative samples of American high school seniors that has been conducted every year since 1975. The presentation focuses on two issues: aspects of lifestyle currently associated with drug…
Descriptors: Demography, Drug Abuse, Drug Use, High School Seniors