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Publication Constructing and Testinga Multiple-Theory (Integrated) Model of Juvenile Delinquency(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1993-01-01) Edwards, Willie J.The present study posuions constructs of five popular criminological/sociological theories into an integrated or multiple theory model to investigate the causation of delinquency. The model was testedon a sample(N=532) of males and females who were being detained in a county juvenile facility. The theories of differential association and anomie contributed the most to the model while social control and self-esteem theories contributed the least, leaving the labeling theory to contribute a moderate portion to the explanation of delinquency. The model indicated that the more anomie youths and those experiencing less social control were more likely to associate I with delinquent peers resulting in higher labeling and lower self-esteem. A comprehensive model of delinquency is better structured to depict the sequential and progressive attraction toward delinquent involvement than single theory models.Publication Predicting Social Tolerance: Race, Gender or Ethgender?(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1993-01-01) Inniss, Leslie BahamPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 17, Number 1 (WINTER, 1993): Front Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1993-01-01)Publication Promoting Academic Achievement and Racial Understanding: Strategies for Creative Programming to Help Resolve the Dilemmas of Integrated Education(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1993-01-01) Glicken, Morley D.; Miller, Randi L.This paper offers both a review and critique of past desegregation studies. many of which have not provided concrete strategies for improving integration efforts in schools. In part, much of the desegregation literature relies on assimilationist notions of schooling that see desegregation as successful by its attempt to influence (change) minority students' values through increased exposure to majority student norms. Yet important issues such as high drop out rates, hostile racial climates, long bus rides, and stagnant academic achievement point out concerns in the desegregation effort. In order to improve academic and social climates in desegregated schools, both the realities and potentials of busing, as a social policy, must be challenged.Publication Research Note: Reading Nietzsche and Weber: An Essay on Religion,Science, and the Human Spirit in Modernity(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1993-01-01) Lundskow, GeorgeThis essay discusses the views of Max Weber and Friedrich Nietzsche on the questions of religion, science, and the human spirit in the modern age. The essay drawsfrom Daybreak, Twilight of the Idols,and The Anti-Christ by Nietzsche, and The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and two other short essays by Weber, cognizant that relevant passages could be found in other works by both theorists. The essay seeks also to initiate critical discussion ofthe above issues within the social sciences, and calls upon social scientists, particularly sociologists, to carefully examine these issues. canonical work within the field, and our interpretations offamous theorists that we generally take for granted.