Effects of verbal concept formation training and stimulus enhancement on verbal abstracting were studied in 48 delinquent, mentally retarded, adolescent boys (age range 15 to 18 years) who resided in a state institution. Two two-word similarities tests were used to measure verbal abstraction in the pretest session. The first condition of stimulus…

A series of institutes for adult service librarians was conducted by the Library School of the University of Wisconsin. This volume contains selected papers from each of the three Institutes: Reading Guidance, Library Services for New Literates, and Serving Readers through Hospital and Institution Libraries. The topics of these selected papers…

The terminal progress report of the Socio-Behavioral Study Center for Mental Retardation summarizes research activities and results of the Center's three major programs. The Community Research Program studied the epidemiological aspects of mental retardation in the community, including identification and classification of retardates, investigation…

Presented is a manual designed to aid social workers and other staff of institutions in dealing with problems of disabled Social Security Administration (SSA) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who receive their benefits through representative payees. Information is provided about such topics as different types of benefits,…

Adult education prison programs are examined in terms of their availability, the development of supportive academic faculties, and their rehabilitative effects upon prisoner students. (LH)

Intrainstitutional transferring of profoundly mentally retarded residents may result in adaptation problems and even death. (CL)

In an attempt to differentiate between inmates who are responsive to therapeutic intervention and those who are not, 41 personality, educational, and cognitive variables were entered into a multiple discriminant analysis design. An 80% successful discrimination was obtained between "program successes" and "program dropouts."…

The authors respond to Miley's critique (TM 503 900) of their article on predicting parolee recidivism (TM 502 998). They are pleased that he discovered some computational errors, that he used their method to analyze other data, and that he developed hypotheses concerning the behavior of the parameters. (Author/GDC)

Studies of college students hospitalized for psychiatric disturbances revealed that diagnosis did not significantly affect academic performance, nor did leave of absence following hospitalization ensure better re-entry adjustment. It is recommended that students be evaluated individually and be allowed to re-enter as soon as the acute illness…

Differences on the MMPI for elopers and non-elopers from a mentally ill offender population were analyzed and a sign approach was developed. Implications of MMPI differences for the psychological status of elopers are described. (Author)

The author reviews the use of behavior modification techniques in relation to the normalization of institutionalized retarded persons. (IM)

In examining the nature of the determinate sentencing schemes in four pioneer states, the authors compare and contrast the provisions for determinacy in each of the revised criminal codes, with the objective of informing legislators, planners, and practitioners about the variation possible within the apparently straightforward guidelines…

Recently, the Indiana legislature passed a new penal code, which among other changes, established a determinate sentencing structure. This article provides an analysis of this code and suggests that the intent of most sentencing reformers may not have been met by this new law. (Author)