Suggests a series of measures for prevention of child abuse through education, legislation, elimination of poverty, and social services. (Author/AJ)

Suggests a safety program for electricity and electronics courses of industrial arts or trade and technical education. (GR)

School systems can adopt a preventive approach toward improving mental health ofits students and staff, through supportive services andindividualized programming. (NH)

The President of the National Air Carriers Association explains how colleges can obtain the greatest degree in safety in air operations. (Editor)

Briefly describes a program for high school personnel to increase awareness and acquire a realistic viewpoint from which to assist the user or potential user. Includes addresses of source materials (CJ)

Indicates that academe must emphasize professional responsibility for chemical health and safety and engender a similar concern in students. Suggests this may be accomplished both by informing students and by helping them make reasoned decisions concerning their exposure to these hazards. (Author/JN)

Examines restitution as a promising, logical, and effective means of achieving the dual goals of deterrance and punishment. Surveys suggested strong support for juvenile restitution. Data showed that the most common form of restitution is money payments; however, there remains much disagreement as to the amount of restitution required. (JAC)

Presents five principles which yield predictions about deterrence of illegal acts by the use of negative sanctions in the form of testable hypotheses, including intensity, temporal proximity, availability of reward, schedule of delivery, and availability of alternative behaviors. Suggests application of any principle of punishment is premature…

Serious delinquent youth who attended a moderately confrontive juvenile awareness program at San Quentin Prison showed an improvement in attitudes. Behaviorally, however, the program did not reduce delinquency overall. The only finding in favor of experimentals (N=53) showed those to be arrest-free longer than controls (N=55) in the study.…

A multidisciplinary program designed for secondary prevention of child abuse and neglect provided services to 60 families assessed to be at risk for poor parenting. Families were rated on function and type. Results suggested that the services may be differentially effective, depending upon the family's patterns. (CL)

Juvenile delinquency is a widespread, costly social problem that can be prevented and controlled. The single most important contributor to delinquency is the school. By changing the educational structure and programs, schools can implement a socialization process that will have major impact on the control and prevention of delinquency. (JOW)

The role of the family has historically been recognized as a significant influence in the prevention and treatment of delinquent behavior among troubled youth. Though youth desire their own sense of significance, competence, and power, positive parental influence is vital in the early formation of the youth's personality. (Author)