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Nagel, Stuart; Neef, Marian – Crime and Delinquency, 1981
Emphasizes the usefulness of a benefit-cost perspective to generate ideas for encouraging lawful behavior in a variety of different situations. Illustrating the utility of the benefit-cost perspective are traditional criminal behavior, business wrongdoing, and rule violations by public officials. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Cost Effectiveness, Criminals
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Fyfe, Bill – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1981
Describes a three stage sexual enhancement workshop for adults aged 18-20. The sensitization stage involves sessions on sex and society, stereotypes and the sex response cycle. Desensitization involves group discussion and films related to various sexual expressions. Resensitization emphasizes sexual communication. (RC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Films, Group Instruction, Learning Activities
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Rhoads, Ellen C.; Holmes, Lowell D. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1981
Discusses the origin and function of Polynesia's first home for the aged. The operation, routine, and factors contributing to resident satisfaction are discussed. The changing life-style in Somoa is explored as the basis for the development of the facility. (RC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Family Relationship, Foreign Countries, Older Adults
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1980
The two monographs contained in this volume are concerned with analyzing the consequences of policy choices affecting the interrelationships between schools and their environments. The first study, "The Relationship between the School and the Community," shows that the character of school-community relationships varies systematically on…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Brennan, Jewel E. – 1978
Alcoholism is a problem of immense proportions. Views about alcoholism range from consideration of the problem as a moral weakness to the disease concept approach. Since the effects of alcoholic intake can be benevolent as well as toxic, the dilemma centers around alcohol usage. Various theories have been formulated, experimented with, and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Behavioral Science Research, Clinics
Shapira, R., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Issues and developments concerning the education of Israeli youth in residential schools are summarized in this report of a seminar which brought together educators from the United States and Israel. The first part of the report describes the residential school and gives its history as both part of a long tradition, and as it particularly evolved…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth