From a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools on December 28, 1969 on the subject of preventive detention and criminal justice. (IR)

Self-administered questionnaires were collected from 534 college students and analyzed by path analysis, which explained up to 47 percent of the variation in certain kinds of problem drinking. The strongest single predictor of problem drinking was found to be quantity and frequency of consumption, but precollege drinking was also important.…

Evaluated hopelessness, depression, and suicidal intent among preadolescent psychiatric patients (N=66), using the Hopelessness Scale for Children. Results showed children who scored high on the hopelessness scale showed significantly more severe depression. Suicidal intent was more consistently correlated with hopelessness than with depression.…

A groupwork approach to the behavior problems presented within the context of recent theories about the significance of peer relationships to child development. (Author/MP)

Examines how, as medical advances drastically reduced infant and child mortality rates, the field of pediatrics expanded from singular concern with treating children's diseases to include involvement in managing troublesome behavior. Considers the continued involvement of pediatricians in ministering to the psychosocial and behavioral needs of…

Data on the relation between marital turmoil (i.e., discord and divorce) and behavior problems in children are reviewed. Several parameters of this relation are outlined, including type of marital turmoil, form of the child's behavioral response, sex differences, age effects, parental buffering, and effects of parental psychopathology. (Author/MP)

The factor structure of the Quay-Peterson Behavior Problem Checklist was investigated across racial backgrounds of 358 American children in order to determine the instrument's efficacy in measuring personality dimensions in racially different exceptional children. (Author/MP)

Interviews with pupils and parents showed that persistent absentees were living in multiply disadvantaged circumstances compared with regular attendees. Absentees who had been referred for specialist advice tended to present more behavior problems and were more socially isolated outside the home than nonreferred absentees and reqular attenders.…

Attributions made by 64 children (4 to 16 years old) and their parents for the cause of the child's behavior problem were monitored during assessment interviews. Results support previously observed differences with parents making more attributions than their children to characteristics of the child. This pattern was affected by variations of…

Effects of relocation on 50 severely/profoundly mentally retarded and physically disabled children transferred from two facilities into a third one were examined. Relocation resulted in short term decrements in positive behavior and in deterioration in health for all Ss. High staff disruption produced a short term increase in abnormal behavior.…

Eight theme articles discuss discipline in the classroom, including a definition of student management, ways to recognize and ward off problems, and how to cope. (JOW)