The employment of nonprofessionals in a career line in the police department can contribute toward the following objectives: (1) provide new sources of personnel for the department, thus reducing shortages; (2) improve police-community relations; (3) expand and improve the preventive and protective functions of the department; and (4) provide…

Presents a model developed from seven interrelated social factors to help diagnose various kinds of community conflicts. To verify the model and illustrate its utility, the standoff over the Berm Highway routing in Alton, Illinois, is analyzed. Findings suggest the importance of broadening the participants' definition of the situation through more…

Using formal and informal interviews and systematic and casual observations, children's play facilities in seven multifamily housing developments for moderate and low income families were evaluated. Results of the evaluation for both children and adults are reported. (RH)

Hate crimes and hate incidents are major issues for all police because of their unique impact on victims as well as the community. This guidebook, designed to be used by police officers, explains the differences between hate crimes and hate incidents and discusses how to respond to both. Specifically, this guidebook examines the following…

Penn State students helped a West Virginia county express its heritage of natural beauty. (PS)

This article concerns unresolved issues in community based research with suggestions given for strategies to resolve the conflicts involved and realities to be faced in effectively conducting research. (JC)

The trouble reported upon in this article concerns conflicting concepts of community library service in a black neighborhood. (Editor)

The author hails the dramatic changes wrought in several communities following visits from Film Board personnel. By introducing films and videotapes into the communities, they persuaded people to communicate freely and to seek their own solutions for local problems." (Editor)

More than 530 community leaders were interviewed to determine what problems they felt existed in their communities; their attitude toward resource development; how favorably they felt toward counties planning at a multi-county level; and to what persons and groups they referred, or would refer, for information and assistance in planning. (NL)

IN CONNECTION WITH ITS CONCERN WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN LARGE URBAN AREAS, THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SPONSORED A PROJECT TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS--(1) CAN TELEVISION CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS FACING URBAN COMMUNITIES, (2) CAN IT BE USED TO BRING ABOUT LOCAL ACTION ON THESE PROBLEMS, (3) HOW CAN IT…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF LITERACY IN A REPRESENTATIVE VILLAGE OF RURAL GUATEMALA. THE COMMUNITY, EL JOCOTE, HAS A SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY DOMINATED BY CUSTOM AND TRADITION AND HAS ONLY MINIMAL CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. MEMBERS OF FOUR FAMILIES FURNISHED DATA BASED ON LITERACY TESTS AND BOTH STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS. FINDINGS…

Many communities across the country are finding that their problems--whether social, political, or economic in origin--can be diminished if not solved outright through continuing education for adults. Adult education projects under the sponsorship of the Office of Education's Community Service and Continuing Education (CSCE) program were…

Efforts to uncover big deposits of coal in Montana have created resentment among state people. (PS)