The paper reviews the programmatic efforts of the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) targeted for learning disabled delinquents. The history of research projects with this population is traced, and current grant programs designed to make key officials aware of learning disabilities are reviewed. The need for training and…

Learning is a metaphoric function in which the individual confirms or reorders his sense of reality by relating previous experiences with present ones. Outward Bound, an experiential learning approach, incorporates this insight in its theoretical foundations. The effectiveness of the metaphor is dependent on the extent to which the experience is…

Rubin and Peplau's Just World Scale is based on the belief that a just world is a unidimensional construct in which individual beliefs are polarized according to immanent justice or ultimate justice. To investigate the effect of personal style on just world view, 109 male and female college students (who previously had completed the Just World…

This document contains prepared statements and public witness testimony from the Congressional hearing on deinstitutionalization of juvenile nonoffenders. Following an opening statement by Senator Specter, subcommittee chairman, the text of proposed legislation, S.520, designed to protect dependent children and others from institutional abuse, is…

Intended to assist debaters and coaches who will be debating the 1983-84 national high school debate topic, this booklet combines discussion of general debate theory, and information specific to the topic: "What changes are most needed in the procedures used in the United States justice system?" The eight chapters of the booklet contain…

Perspectives on the relationship of the legal profession to the changing nature of American society are discussed by Attorney General Smith. He proposes the idea that the courts, without constitutional warrant, have struck down actions by legislative bodies and brought about new rights (i.e., government by judicial decree). He suggests that…

In order for genuine world peace to have a chance, communications professionals must consider a certain genre of communication--largely nonverbal and at a macroscopic level. There can be no lasting world peace where there is no world-wide principle of economic justice. The people of the industrialized power structures (seats of multinational…

This report contains findings of a nationwide study of youthful offenders tried in adult courts. Data were gathered from more than 3,000 counties for the year 1978. The report is organized into six chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the study and explains its methodology and the background of the problem (covered in more detail in Appendix A). Chapter…

The article consists of six classroom activities which can be used to teach elementary and secondary level students about sex roles and justice for women. Teaching techniques includeclassroom discussion, role playing, and case studies. Objectives and teaching procedures are provided for each activity. (Author/RM)

This Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Federal, State and Community Services of the Select Committee on Aging includes statements from congressmen, police and medical officers, and senior citizen helping persons. (JLL)

This report presents information on juvenile court processing of youth in the U.S. during 1974. It is based on data gathered under the National Juvenile Court Statistical Reporting System. Findings can be summarized as follows: (1) 1,252,700 juvenile delinquency cases, excluding traffic offenses, were handled by courts in the U.S. in 1974; (2) the…

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 attempted to make a coordinated effort to improve the juvenile justice system. Its emphasis was on attempting to prevent juvenile delinquency rather than reacting to it after the fact. The status offender was to be removed from the traditional juvenile system; but the juvenile court…

An examination of some of the historical forces and internal contradictions shaping the features of the present crisis of 20th century America, which points toward the necessity of resolving the central problems created by a capitalist, monopolist society and the need for genuine liberation of the poor and minority groups. (EH)

A discussion of the various interpretations attached to term "equality of educational opportunity" which refocuses the debate by suggesting that a more proper formulation would use the term "reduction in inequality" rather than "equality"... Such a formulation implies that public schooling is to reduce handicaps that children face as a function of…

This report contains the recommendations adopted by the National Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1979. Proposed standards and strategies are presented in the first five chapters. Each standard is followed by a source list and an explanatory commentary about its underlying premises and its relationship to other…