Finds I.Q. scores of Jackson Negro kindergartners to increase 6.66 points in two years as social interaction occurs. Examined at Jackson Board of Education.
Investigates "three of the conditions under which [eighty fifth and sixth grade Negro boys in two integrated Detroit Public Schools] would exhibit differential levels of belief that events are beyond personal control."
Wayne County Juvenile Court judge, after studying data on seven hundred children admitted to the Wayne County Youth Home in July, 1967, discusses social causes of riots.
Through questionnaires studies family characteristics, and nature of crime committed by boys who have had two or more court hearings, living in two inner city Detroit areas.
Uses Flint Youth Study data to make structural functional analysis of delinquency among two samples of lower class Negro boys, aged twelve to seventeen, one with several police contacts per boy, the other with none.
Survey of "plans and needs of graduates from various socio-economic and cultural areas" finds "need for more educational and guidance services to minority youth."
By testing youth at Detroit Youth Opportunity Center finds group administered EPI (Environmental Participation Index) a "quick, convenient, method of assessing extent of a cultural deprivation by exposure, for male subjects."
Urges positive post-Riot program, including implementation of "Eight Point Program of 'Immediate and Effective Community Action' Proposed by R.J. Thomas, President UAW-CIO." Includes program text.