Tested two hypotheses linking work setting problems with frequency of drinking and the reasons given for drinking. Test results on the second hypothesis indicated workers more likely to state a particular reason for drinking if s/he experiences one of eight work setting problems. (Author/APM)

Compared MMPI scale elevations and profile patterns produced by female murderers. Results suggest significant, reliable relationships between extreme criminal violence and aspects of MMPI performance. Women murderers were more defensive, less in touch with impulses, more socially conforming, and more removed from stereotyped definitions of…

Suggests ways to better understand school violence through four theories of social deviance and presents programs and practices for decreasing violence in schools based on these theories. (WD)

The purpose of this study was to develop and execute an alcohol intervention program that was directed at dangerous and disruptive behavior. (JD)

Results showed that more externally oriented subjects were rated significantly higher with respect to antisocial behavior and also tended to underachieve in school. (Author/DB)

Addresses the ubiquitous practices of trait inference and labeling, inference of motives, and the conceptual division of prosocial and antisocial behavior into dichotomous entities. In the case of children who are "acting-out" at an excessively high frequency, these alternatives are more humane and useful in a pragmatic, scientific sense.…

Presents a study of 24 deviant and nondeviant boys between the ages of 6 and 11 years. (CM)

Assessed the attitudes of parents regarding nurturance and self-determination rights for juveniles. Nurturance rights for juveniles were strongly endorsed. Most parents did not believe that juvenile suspects should be allowed to withhold information from police. Results question parents' abilities to provide meaningful protections for juveniles in…

Concludes from a review of court cases that recovery of damages from a mass medium for an alleged incitement of antisocial behavior is unlikely under traditional negligence rules, even without a consideration of constitutional questions. Notes that the expense of litigation may cause the media to avoid potentially provocative communication. (GT)

"Sesame Street" and "Mister Rogers" were analyzed and compared for positive and negative reinforcement of antisocial and socially positive behaviors. (LS)

Compares the effects of the "relative novelty" (Berlyne, 1960) of stimuli on the level of attention and rate of habituation in antisocial and neurotic children. (Author/RK)

Notes that if the word "matriarchy" is applied correctly, the research indicates that it may be only one of the numerous original causes which might push a lower class black male into deviant behavior. (Author/AM)

Presents the historical context of treatment for alcoholism in general and then presents a treatment program for problem drinkers about to be released from correctional institutions. (Author/HMV)

This study investigated the nature of sex differences among university students' attitudes toward rape. Results showed males were quite different from females in their attitudes and tended to support many myths regarding rape. Implications of the results concerning the nature and prevention of rape on college campuses are discussed. (Author)