Data from a national survey of 375,000 persons show that, when only victims are considered, elderly victims are more likely than victims of other ages to suffer from predatory crimes and to be attacked by unarmed, young black male strangers. (Author)

The article specifies means and ends required to establish local comprehensive services for a range of disability groups. Skills required by workers for successful involvement and neighborhood development are identified. Tensions between clients, users, residents, planners, and workers are examined within the context of integrated neighborhood…

Argues that current history textbooks present a distorted view of immigration in order to promote civic values. Calls for the teaching of immigration based on original accounts, autobiographies, statistics, and documents in order to present a more realistic picture of immigration in the classroom. (BSR)

Discusses the lives and feelings of homeless youth living in the streets of America's cities. Includes a photo essay on street youth expressing their desperation and alienation in graffiti. (KH)

Presents some of the principles used in designing educational interventions that seek to increase college student awareness of social justice and intergroup relations. A three-phase format, with distinctive objectives and activities, is described. (Author/NB)

Suggests that the emphasis on problems in current American adolescent fiction could have a negative effect on teenage readers. (ARH)

Discusses some of the views of environmentalists toward the study of environmental ethics. Addresses the problem that environmental ethics literature is difficult to read and argues that certain opinions about the value of the study of environmental ethics are rooted in misconceptions. (TW)

Because employment and unemployment are fundamental issues in social welfare, it is useful for social workers to become knowledgeable about various employment policy options and their impacts. This paper presents a conceptual framework that identifies and interrelates a broad range of employment policy options. (Author/MH)

Argues that academe is a culture which is characterized by values, goals, and ways of working which are fundamentally at odds with laissez-faire individualism, profit, market-forces, and competition. Asserts that academe cannot be squeezed into conformity with the prevailing conservative political culture which advocates privatization and reduced…

Reports on an effort to develop indicators for vocational education. Recommendations include (1) the process of indicator development must be continuous; (2) the need for both reflective thought and experience is important to indicator development; and (3) some of the indicators must be pushed to the stage of actual use. (Author/CT)

College students in a selected sample demonstrated low interest in social issues, and their interest was related to sex and perceived personal meaningfulness of social concerns. (Author)

Despite falling prices and more varied applications, the diffusion of industrial robots is taking place at a slower pace than expected. There are not only technical snags but also social barriers to be overcome--displacement of workers, deskilling of certain operations, and changes in work methods. (Author/CT)

Compared problem-solving therapy (PST); problem-focused therapy; and wait-list control for treatment of depression. Results indicated that PST subjects reported a significant decrease in their depression, which was also found to covary with concurrent increases in problem-solving effectiveness and the adoption of an internal locus of control…

The Aboriginal Australians traditionally were a homogeneous people, living as hunter-gatherers and dispersed across Australia. Today there are 176,300 Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia--more than one percent of the country's population. Their history and current problems are examined. (RM)

Reviews the literature on drug abuse in Nigeria, extracting some of the psychosocial variables involved. Family problems, social factors, and medical practices are discussed. Psychosocial variables implicated are not different from those observed in other cultures. (JAC)