This issue contains articles on the recombinant DNA controversy, the ethical principles of scientific institutions, and the effect of disaster novels on public opinion and technology assessment, as well as a guide to funding for science, technology and values projects, and a bibliography on professional ethics. In addition, 14 pages of news items…

Research regarding adolescent outcome for hyperactive youngsters is reviewed. It is noted that hyperactive adolescents are at risk for a variety of academic, emotional, and societal difficulties which apparently develop regardless of whether the child was successfully treated with medication, even though short term studies have shown syptomatic…

This collection of resources is designed to assist those helping professionals dealing with victims of spouse abuse as well as those individuals interested in learning more about this particular subject area. This annotated bibliography has been compiled to highlight the problem of spouse abuse and the various forms of intervention currently…

FIFTY-SEVEN SELECTED RESEARCH STUDIES RELATED TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN JOB TRAINING AND HARD CORE UNEMPLOYMENT, ARE INCLUDED. PUBLICATION DATES RANGE FROM 1931 THROUGH 1964. THE 23 STUDIES CONSIDERED OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE ARE GROUPED IN THE FIRST SECTION. THE REMAINING 34 REFERENCES WERE SELECTED AS A SAMPLING OF JOURNALISTIC AND EDITORIAL…

This is the report of the third Washington Colloquium on Science and Society. It contains the papers presented by the eight main speakers and the rebuttal and discussion which followed. The theme of the colloquium was "Changing Man in a Changing Environment," and the papers presented aspects of this theme as seen by different specialists…

The varied aspects of drugs, their source, abuse, chemical composition, and physical, personal, and social effects are explored. Seven units cover the following areas: (1) an overview on drug use, a brief history of drugs and discussion of social implications; (2) the human nervous system and the actions of drugs; (3) "nondrug drugs" such as…

Mature adults who had such high hopes in the 1960s that the United States would live up to the promises of the American Creed have lived long enough to have those high hopes dampened from 1969 to 1978. What progress occurred for blacks in the 1960s was real at the time, but is not permanent. Retrogression has befallen blacks in the 1970s and is…

Traditionally, rape has been defined as "carnal knowledge of a woman by force and against her will." The test of force has been crucial, and consent deduced. Victims were assumed to be consenting parties unless criminal circumstances could be proved. Victims were oftened questioned about past sexual behavior. Current reform efforts have attempted…

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.…

The process and effects of visual communication are examined in this paper. The first section, "Visual Literacy," discusses the need for a visual literacy involving an understanding of the instruments, materials, and techniques of visual communication media; it then presents and discusses a model illustrating factors involved in the…

The purpose of this study was to show that societal problems such as energy and pollution should be included as a central and underlying theme in a college chemistry course. A questionnaire was administered to 156 college students in science and technology to determine whether the students felt that they would be more highly motivated in chemistry…

The authors propose that theoretical confusion and clinical inadequacy regarding child abuse is due, in part, from medical and legal ambiguity concerning child abuse and from dilemmas surrounding social policy and the professional response toward families and children. The dilemmas of social policy (family autonomy versus coercive intervention)…

This book examines the status of the press and the criticism surrounding it. Chapter 1 attempts to relate theories of criticism to the contemporary press, to define the public interest relative to the press, and to discuss the role of criticism and the social responsibility of the press. Chapter 2 presents a brief history of press criticism from…

Student councils must be "people-conscious," perhaps doubly so since the success of any council ultimately depends on its ability to relate to its student body--to young people. Many councils, ingrown after years of self-perpetuation, are failing because they no longer get through to people. Speaking to no one but themselves, they have lost their…

To aid in the commemoration of the Bicentennial, this document lists 16mm films available for K-12 social studies classrooms. Each entry is listed categorically by theme: American citizenship, free enterprise, heroes, landmarks, and the Communist challenge. Within the thematic categories, the entries are listed alphabetically by title. An…