Differential perceptions and evaluations of political authority figures are related to a number of factors including vulnerability and different sets of social experience. (Author/MB)

Court decisions have reaffirmed the principal's authority to search lockers. (Author)

Parts I and II of this work appeared in the August 1969 and September 1969 issues (n236 and n237) of "Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos." (DS)

The operating procedures of CHILD FIND, Inc., which serves as a clearinghouse for missing children, are presented. Children who have been illegally abducted are registered in a directory distributed across the nation to schools, police departments, and other relevant institutions. Methods for teachers to obtain the directory are given. (CM)

Presents a comparative analysis of the issue of the battered wife by contrasting historical and contemporary perspectives. Evidence shows that a significant effort has been taken at the local, state, and national level to curtail the prevalence of abuse and assist the victims. (Author)

Argues against police education as a separate entity in higher education and urges that criminal justice be combined with liberal arts in an interdisciplinary program of justice studies. Describes how such a program, incorporated within community college curricula, would allow law enforcement to compete with other professions for talented…

The effect of Washington v. Davis on employment discrimination litigation under the fourteenth amendment and section 1981 of the U. S. Code is examined along with the impact of the decision on Title VII standards. The case involved employment tests for acceptance into the District of Columbia Police Department. (LBH)

Describes the delinquency-reduction program in Bath, New York. A juvenile aide officer serves as a liaison between the school and criminal justice system to informally resolve less serious incidents. (LMI)

Relationships among individual- and group-directed measures of leader behavior descriptions and five variables were examined using 54 law enforcement agency personnel associated with a large public university. Data on a questionnaire completed by participants during an interview were studied. Explicit consideration was given to multiple levels of…

The authors state that liberal education courses help police officers understand and even challenge their own organizational culture. They describe a program for which they are the faculty that aims to expose police officers to views different from their own in order to challenge their perspectives. (CH)

Covariance modeling techniques were used to test the assumption of group invariance of a computer anxiety scale by comparing results from potentially different populations: 258 college students and 320 law enforcement officers. Results support the idea that the validity of the computer anxiety construct can be generalized to different groups.…

Using data covering 111 weeks, the impact of 3 increasingly restrictive policies on reporting hot pursuits by police officers on the ratio of accidents to reported pursuits was studied. More restrictive pursuit policies did not increase noncompliance with reporting requirements. (SLD)

Violent incidents have marred Friday-night football games, Saturday-night dances, and other activities in schools across the country. Describes what a number of districts are doing to protect students at such events and offers advice from school security officers. (MLF)

Validity of 3 scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the F, back F, and variable response inconsistency, for detecting self-reported partially random responding was supported by 3 studies involving 195 college students and 68 community participants but not by a study with 32 police job applicants. (SLD)

Telephone interviews were conducted with 201 Boston-area professionals who work with child victims of sexual abuse. Questions concerned use of anatomical dolls and other techniques and behavioral indicators of sexual abuse. Results indicated that mental health professionals used significantly more techniques than did law enforcement professionals.…