Aspects of the relationship reviewed are: education and earnings; social and economic mobility across generations; education and political participation; and, education and crime. Overwhelming evidence supports direct relationship between post-school opportunity, performance, and educational attainment. (DB)

Self-ratings of 23 learning disabled (LD) and 27 nondisabled junior high school students were assessed to determine their willingness to conform to peer pressure to engage in antisocial and prosocial actions. LD students rated themselves more likely to engage in antisocial actions with friends. (Author/SEW)

Reviews studies that use the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) with delinquents and criminals. Studies illustrate the ability of the CPI to measure: (1) personality differences; (2) personality typologies and classifications; (3) personality variables that predict future criminal or asocial behavior; and (4) the historical development of…

Proposes a comprehensive educational program for exceptional or deviant elderly based on special education principles and methodology. A diagnostic-prescriptive program dealing with crucial life-adjustment areas of the aged is described. The curriculum involves formal classes, an individual advising process, and guided educational experiences.…

Data collected during the 1975-77 school years reflect a decrease in antisocial behavior and drug abuse and an increase in more classical neurotic and adjustment symptoms among college students. This study produced evidence that suggests that more homogeneity than disparity exists among the psychiatric problems arising in diverse student bodies.…

Holds that social violence can best be understood from a perspective of inequality and conflict. Argues against previous theory that views violence by the powerful as normative and violence by the powerless as deviant. Discusses parental violence and differential rates of male and female violence from this new perspective. (GC)

Examined subsequent convictions of boys considered by parents and teachers to have been problematic and compared these boys with a matched group of nonproblematic children in order to identify precursors of criminal behavior. (Author/DB)

The present study was designed to define the relationship between the supposed syndrome of hyperactivity and that of aggressive conduct disorder. (Author/DB)

Research revealed that teachers with a positive view of human nature seemed to be more open toward and accepting of acts considered to be typical behavioral problems of elementary school children. This group also seemed more concerned with the child's personal adjustment than with proper behavior and deportment. (Author)

Studied the demographic characteristics of student offenders. Found that when offenders were examined with reference to a baseline group, there was no difference in offense rates among the undergraduate classes and divisions, but there were differences between the sexes and place of residence. (Author)

This paper examines the social context of female deviant behavior. It is held that the fact that women deviate less than men and in privatized and self-destructive forms is consistent with the ideology of the female nature and with women's social position. (MC)

The authors review and discuss the applied behavior analysis procedures that have been found to be effective in controlling severe forms of maladaptive behavior and outline several considerations that may influence the success with which severe forms of maladaptive behavior are controlled in a classroom setting. (SBH)

Educators agree that vandalism and violence have become two of the most series problems confronting the nation's schools. Causes and possible solutions are examined. (RW)