Following Governor Milliken's address, Dr. Dana Farnsworth defines the problem in terms of who's involved, to what extent, and with which drugs. His presentation focuses primarily on the motives of affluent young people who experiment with or become dependent upon hallucinogens, marihuana and amphetamines. He deals extensively with the drastically…

Female university student and staff perceptions of rape at the University of Maryland were examined with the aid of an anonymous questionnaire on attitudes and perceptions of rape. A randomly selected sample group included 100 female students and 25 female classified employees. Results showed a 64% return rate was achieved despite many follow-up…

To determine whether the use of obscenities at college demonstrations creates negative hostile responses among the general population or positive and inclusive feelings toward the demonstrators, or both responses, interviews were conducted in the Denver Metropolitan area. An interview questionnaire was administered to 200 informants, 175…

The report is the third in a six part research report. The construction and evaluation of a treatment model using short term placement in a token economy to modify deviant behavior is described. Between 1968 and 1970 the treatment model was replicated on a total of 44 subjects ranging in age from 8 to 12 years. Eight groups of six subjects each…

Contained are three brochures designed to provide understandable information on the drugs, narcotics, and chemicals that are being most frequently abused. They also portray the illegal "street market," and how the user will look, act, and be harmed as a result of drug use. The first brochure summarizes some characteristics and effects of…

This paper examines the behavioral aspects of marijuana use. The focus of the study was to investigate the attitudes and practices toward drugs by users and non-users and the relationship of these attitudes and practices to selected psychosocial factors. A survey instrument in the form of an anonymous questionnaire was developed and administered…

Questions the current emphasis on learning disabilities, which represents an ideology in which the language and, often, the techniques of medicine are used extensively to serve the purposes of social control. (Author/IRT)

Focusing on six case studies, this article discusses the effects of incestuous relationships, both outright and fantasized, on college women, and points out the role of psychotherapeutic treatment. (DS)

The purpose of this study was a close comparison of the academic profiles of delinquents and nondelinquents. It is concluded that corrective and preventive measures used with the academically deficient child might reduce the chances of school personnel contributing to delinquency. (JD)

This study compares children referred for psychiatric reports by the Scottish Children's Hearings with other children known to the reporter (an official) and with anti-social children referred to psychiatrists from other sources. (CM)

Presents a study of the development of conservation of weight among socially deviant adolescents. (BD)

A black teacher in a white school discusses her way of dealing with black students who are bused to the school. (JD)

Using Quay's typology, three equal groups (n=12) of adolescent psychopathic, neurotic, and subcultural delinquent males and a matched nondelinquent control group were individually administered Kohlberg's structured moral dilemmas, two Piagetian tasks of cognitive development (pendulum and balance), and an adaptation of Flavell's role-taking task.…

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to describe the distribution of a selected set of sociodemographic variables among a random sample of inmates of a relatively large southern state penitentiary, and to correlate the inmates' drinking careers to patterns of deviant acts. (Author)