The hypothesis that successful participation in academic educational programs by women inmates reduces their subsequent recidivism was not supported by the study. The study distinguished between women who had received the General Educational Development certificate while in prison and those who had not. (Author/AG)

Presents an experiment in which 36 females participated in a pseudo-experiment. After being debriefed and sworn to secrecy, six out of 36 in the interview, and 15 out of 19 on the telephone disclosed secret" information. (MB)

In a sample of 700 drug users, 64% evidenced comorbidity (i.e., coexisting substance use and psychiatric disorders). Robust relationships between the presence of comorbidity and increased levels of risk behavior, such as needle sharing and trading sex for money, were revealed. (Contains 44 references and 2 tables.) (Author)

Recent research has shown that a small but significant minority of youth engage in illegal lottery and scratchcard gambling. This study examines the perceptions of such adolescents. Results revealed many salient themes including winning money, socialization, different forms of excitement associated with these activities, control, and awareness of…

The failure of many school psychology research articles to specify the sex of participants is a potentially serious problem. Without this information, one cannot ascertain to whom results should generalize or whether the sex of participants affects the variable under investigation. It is recommended that researchers routinely specify how many of…

Compared widowed spouses who participated or refused to participate in longitudinal bereavement study using Bereavement Risk Index. Refusers scored significantly higher than participants on only two items, suggesting that they exercised less control over their emotionality at time of loss and were less likely to be working outside the home.…

A research to examine the impact of the US Advanced Technology Program (ATM)-sponsored consortia on the ex-post research productivity of the firms participating in this research is presented. The findings reveal that there exists a positive association between the level of participation in research and the overall research productivity of the…

Two studies focused on perceived ingroup and outgroup variability in children as a function of status. In the first study, 7- and 9-year-old White and Black children distributed White and Black faces along the levels of several dimensions. White children perceived more ingroup than outgroup variability, whereas Black children perceived more…

Written midway through a three-year longitudinal evaluation of the role Boys & Girls Clubs play in the lives of the youth they serve, this report explores a topic of continuing interest to program operators and funders: What does it take to involve teens in positive out-of-school-time activities? Drawing on survey data from a low-income,…

This report examines the career trajectories of those who have successfully completed the Passport to Teaching certification offered by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) during its first years of existence. To elicit information on the career choices of Passport alumni, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR)…

Individually randomized treatments are often administered within a group setting. As a consequence, outcomes for treated individuals may be correlated due to provider effects, common experiences within the group, and/or informal processes of socialization. In contrast, it is often reasonable to regard outcomes for control participants as…

Citizen Review Panels (CRPs) for Child Protective Services are groups of citizen-volunteers throughout the United States who are federally mandated to evaluate local and state child protection systems. This study presents a profile of 332 CRP members in 20 states with regards to their demographic information, length of time on the panel, and …