Contends that students are not only passive respondents to external forces which determine school crime; rather, student social structures and subcultures are potential forces influencing school crime and the larger criminal and noncriminal communities. Preliminary data related to this thesis are reported. (RMH)

Focuses on some associations between movement and social relations using as an example the dance-play (nkwa) of the Ubakala Igbo of the former Eastern Region of Nigeria. Discusses how the dance is used to promote self-identity, prescribe and assert social values and roles, and mediate between persons and their situations. (JMF)

Traces links among social structure, feeling rules, the individual's management of emotion, and emotive experience in order to determine why the emotive experience of normal adults in daily life is as orderly as it is. (Author/KC)

Discusses hypotheses and conclusions of an investigation carried out in the Paris area concerning language needs in the mother tongue as they relate to social stratification and social interaction. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Argues that "schools symbolically redefine people." The social organization of schools is a major symbolic index of the kind of socialization that has occurred and thus legitimates the conferral of specific status rights. Organizational characteristics are thus causally linked to the social meanings attached to university attendance. (Author/JM)

Article examines the difficulties associated with the transition of females following entry into professional roles usually occupied by males. (RW)

Analyzes relationships between the social and cognitive institutionalization of library and information science research in Scandinavian countries from 1965-89. The goal of the study was to compare the development of the subject area, the research approach, the research methods, and the degree of internationalization. (Author/LRW)

States that individualistic orientation of most U.S. college students presents a persistent problem for teaching sociology. Provides an empirical evaluation using an active-learning exercise. Focuses on whether mate selection increases student understanding of social structure's impact on marital choice. Indicates that the exercise participants…

Examined differences among classes in academic and psychosocial aspects of school adjustment. Multilevel analyses showed that 83.5% of the variance was at the child level, 10.3% at the class level, and 6.2% at the school level. Social structure indices yielded significant correlation indicators of social interaction and intellectual competence and…

Path analysis of data from 2,002 pupils and 99 teachers in Norwegian primary schools revealed the direct impact of class social structure on bullying. The joint impact of classroom management and social structure on bullying was substantial. No impact on bullying was found for class size or family variables. (Contains 41 references.) (SK)

Establishes the relevance of social policy analyses and puts them in the context of Britain's social and economic policy revolution. Discusses adult and continuing education in Britain as a form of social welfare policy. (JOW)

Explores the possibility that female victimization rates are influenced by conditions of sex-based inequality. No single inequality variable was found to be a statistically significant predictor of female homicide rates when controlling for social structural effects. Found little support for gender inequality/female homicide connection. (JBJ)

The motivation/immersion model of literacy centers on the individual and isolates literacy from context. A community development approach regards literacy as a function of social structure; based on this model, literacy education programs are respectful of the culture and idiom of the community. (SK)

Suggests that the heterogeneity of human personality characteristics increases with age. Examines reasons for this phenomenon in terms of individual differentiation, social structure/allocation, and behavioral genetics. Develops a model synthesizing various study designs that prevent variation and covariation errors from occurring in life course…

In the context of societal racism, sexism, and classism, career assessment of women and minority groups should take into account sociostructural realities and their psychological effects. Factors include the objective and subjective realities of the economic, social status, and social power domains. (Contains 33 references.) (SK)