The present bibliography contains selected professional, research, and scholarly references regarding the Spanish-speaking elderly from Latin America, Spain, and the United States for the years 1960 to 1977. (Author)

Educational problems are related to national and international issues; they can be solved if teachers see beyond the atomizing images projected by advertising and the news media. (DD)

Investigates political alienation among white and black adolescents, with particular regard to feelings of political inefficacy and political distrust. Recommends additional research on alienation and suggests that future alienation models be augmented with measures of psychological reactance as well as political reality perceptions. For journal…

How successful bilingual education proves in the United States will depend in part on how congruent its programs become with the aspiration of the ethnic communities to which the programs are addressed, on the awareness by American educators of the new American ethnicity, and on the participation of ethnic communities in program formulation and…

This article examines recent criticism of the current criminal justice system which characterizes it as a "nonsystem" because its three main components--law enforcement, courts, and correction--are often poorly managed and inefficient. (Author)

This article examines some persistent paradoxes in the definition of the male role, and proposes a distinction between traditional and modern male roles. Four current perspectives on the problem of the male role are distinguished. (Author/AM)

Many adults with the greatest need for continuing education are the least organized, least articulate, believe that they cannot succeed and believe that the educational system is not interested or able to serve their needs. (ABM)

Questionnaires from 225 homosexual and 233 heterosexual adult women revealed 115 cases of rape or attempted rape. Data from 78 follow-up questionnaires are summarized. About the same proportion of lesbians and heterosexuals, age 16 or over, were the object of rape. Inferences are drawn about the rapists' attitudes toward women. (Author)

As part of a larger project, the authors tapped local elite and school officials' perceptions of the difficulties encountered in dismantling dual schools in Georgia school districts. (Author/AM)

Discusses sociological problems of persons with communications disabilities. (SL)

Reports on a study of the agenda-setting function of the media in a rural central Illinois city, during an off-election year. (GW)

Reviews topics discussed during the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting held in Washington, D.C. Topics included: the equal rights amendment, laetrile, nuclear radiation hazards, sociobiology, and various science topics. (SL)

In a specialized teacher education program, students are prepared to teach in prisons and correctional institutions. (JD)

This article reports on seven indicators of social stress, e.g., total mortality, homicide, and suicide, and their relationship with three national economic variables (changes in real income, changes in rate of inflation, and changes in rate of unemployment). Results indicate that changes in the unemployment rate have the most profound impact of…

Three authors present current controversies over the welfare of the mentally retarded in discussions of the plight and future of institutions. (Author)