The exploratory visit to recent retirees, an outreach component of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Friendly Visiting Program, was evaluated. A post-test only control group effect study revealed exploratory visits were effective in establishing a link between the program and the retiree. (Author)

Maintains that the rise of a market society represents the major revolution of the modern age and identifies ways in which the market system influences peoples' values, buying power, political personality (response sets habitually aroused by political stimuli), and work ethic. Journal available from Department of Political Science, University of…

The residents of San Francisco's Chinatown demonstrate the consequences of a substantial number of economic and social ills reflecting the history of the Chinese-Americans and the orientation of American society towards them. (Author/MH)

Can social science data be used in judicial decision-making? Suggests that social science data is less important in judicial decision-making in the field of constitutional law than most persons think and considers the more controversial issue of whether courts should be considering cases which might require or produce social science evidence.…

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)