This study tested the relationship of community violence (CV) victimization to severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the roles of coping style and perceived social support in moderating that relationship. Three-hundred seventy-two men and women (age 18 to 22 years) self-reported on CV exposure, traumatic experiences, PTSD symptoms,…

This publication contains the testimony from a hearing on growth and tobacco use. Statements include: (1) Opening Statement of Senator Bill Frist; (2) Statements of a panel of teens, Brandi Battle, Washington, DC; Kellie Jolly, Tennessee; Nickita Bradley, Maryland; and Josh, Virginia; followed by discussion; (3) Discussion and prepared statements…

Stress can make a person more apt to abuse alcohol and drugs. Based on interviews with Phil Tingley, president of the National Indian Social Workers Association, this booklet suggests that some Native American youth are victims of a special kind of stress--post-traumatic stress (PTS). PTS symptoms are delayed mental and physical responses to…

Objective news reporting, in which reporters present but do not evaluate facts, has certain negative consequences. When the convention of journalistic objectivity was adopted around 1900, journalists moved from interpreting and analyzing events to being relatively passive links between sources and audiences. The most troublesome convention of…

A study was conducted using six Utah communities to develop methods for the identification and surveying of community leaders in small, medium, and large Utah communities. Questions concerned the relationship between identified problems and community size, and the design and utilization of appropriate research instruments. Community problem check…

PARTIALLY BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED IN THE HARLEM YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED PROJECT, THIS BOOK, WRITTEN FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF GHETTO COMMUNITIES AND ITS INHABITANTS AS INTERPRETED FROM THE AUTHOR'S POSITION AS AN "'INVOLVED OBSERVER'." THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE LOWER…

PREPARED AS A GUIDE TO PROVIDE UNPLEDGED EMPLOYERS WITH PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TECHNIQUES USED BY COMPANIES PARTICIPATING IN "PLANS FOR PROGRESS," A PROGRAM IN WHICH EMPLOYERS COMMIT THEMSELVES TO OFFERING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES ACTUAL SITUATIONS REPORTED BY "PLANS FOR PROGRESS" COMPANIES.…

Addressed in this speech are police/minority relations problems, particularly the issue of police use of excessive force. References are made to studies and reports on the subject and the difficulty in getting adequate and substantial information on the patterns of occurrence where community friction arising from the use of excessive force is…

This program seeks to prevent adolescent pregnancy and childbearing through a community-based feminist social service program serving teenage girls. This DAWN program, Discovery and Awareness for Women Now, was initiated as a result of the Women's Movement which has had a serious and positive impact on the lives of most adult women. Yet, teenage…

This booklet describes the Police/Student Relations (PSR) project, which is a new approach to delinquency prevention. The method which is outlined used parts of familiar program plans, but takes advantage of natural abilities and characteristics which allow children to continue functioning in a healthy way, changing their attitudes before they…

This model is based on a training program at Chicago State University designed to train planners and operators of community education programs. Academic content is combined with field-based training. According to the model, first the needs of the communities of the participants should be identified. Then personnel from each agency involved should…

THIS FIVE-PART BROCHURE CONTAINS THE TENNESSEE STATE PLAN FOR A COORDINATED STATEWIDE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WILL ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM UNDER ADVISEMENT OF A STATE COUNCIL REPRESENTING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER…

Using a grant under Title I of the Higher Education Act, during the 1967-1968 school year Paducah Junior College initiated a series of semindars for community leaders on the problems of urbanization. The program subsequently was expanded--(1) to present a series of public lectures on topics related to community needs, (2) to creat a working…

Selected findings are presented from the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program, a survey of both inmates in state and federal prisons, and the National Crime Survey (NCS), a survey of victims of crime. Certain conventional beliefs or myths about the nature of crime in the United States are challenged by providing the statistical realities.…

A communi-site -ed approach to speech fundamentals attempts to teach speech communication in interpersonal situations and to alert students to the importance of retaining democratic principles in a society which is pluralistic. It is assumed that college students need and desire the kind of learning whereby theory becomes functional in their…