The results of this study present validity generalization for Sine's earlier work that the 4-3 MMPI code type is associated with violent behavior. When a person has 4-3 MMPI personality high points, it is highly probable that he is or has been violent. (Author)

The author takes issue and places marihuana among perhaps the more dangerous drugs. He then highlights the role of the counselor in the community setting and as the link between students, teachers, administrators, and parents with information about drugs and their associated problems. (Author/BY)

Many schools are assuming responsibility for educating their students about drugs. Here is how one Los Angeles high school provided this service. (Author)

Anomie theory holds that the provision of new resources and skills to an inarticulate and non-participatory population can produce two distinct responses: increased conformity or increased and more efficient use of deviant methods. Data on vocational education students suggest that there is such a differential reaction to formal training in the…

Examines the association between reading retardation and antisocial behavior problems in four groups of boys (a total of 129 subjects). Subjects' current behavior and family backgrounds were compared and contrasted. Results show a strong association between the two disorders. (Author/MP)

Examined the hypothesis that there is a relationship between outlook on death and orientation toward mercy killing, abortion, suicide, and euthanasia. Some relationships between death attitudes and perspectives on the social issues emphasized the need to consider specific circumstances as well as abstract concepts. (Author)

Presents a newly developed projective technique that utilizes criminal fantasy to help predict crime. Statistical significance regarding the difference in number of judged pathological stories for the two groups was reached for all cards that were designed to elicit sexual fantasy. (Author)

The Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale was administered to behaviorally disordered children referred to a child study center for antisocial, aggressive, and criminal behavior. Compared to the aggregate mean for published scores of normal children, the subject group's scores were significantly lower and more variable. (Author)

The article discusses the celebrated case of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two highly gifted boys who were convicted of a murder that the author states was caused in large part by their giftedness. (DLS)

This paper defines sociopathy and presents current findings on its causes and treatment. A milieu therapy program is described, including the preventive and active treatment methods used to keep the adolescent sociopath fully occupied in constructive activities and "sponsor" relationships to overcome antisocial behavior patterns. (Author/SJL)

Reports a continuation of prior research testing a theoretical model which predicts that juveniles subjected to abuse will not become aggressive but will engage in escape and social avoidance behaviors. Analysis supported the hypothesis. (Author)

The study investigated the effectiveness of a positive practice overcorrection procedure in reducing the self-stimulatory behavior of an institutionalized moderately retarded 10-year-old. (SBH)

Reviews the theoretical and empirical literature dealing with functionalist and conflict perspectives of the social processes of rule-creation, rule-maintenance, and the relationship of these processes to deviant behavior. (DR)

The Presuicidal Syndrome relates to that specific psychic state of mind that leads to suicidal acts. It is proposed that the Presuicidal Syndrome provides a basis for better judgment of the danger of suicide and makes more focused suicide prevention possible. (Author)