MARTIN GOLD is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. He has written at length in the field of social psychology and delinquency, and his books include Delinquent Behavior in an American City (1970) and Expelled to a Friendlier Place: Study of Effective Alternative Schools (1984).D. WAYNE OSGOOD is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Bureau of Social Research at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of Cognitive Structure: Theory and Measurement of Individual Differences (1979). He has also written at some length on juvenile delinquency and adolescent behavior problems.

• Preface The Problem Theoretical Background Research Design Institutional Adjustment Adjustment to the Open Community The Buoyant and the Beset Implications for Theory and Practice Appendix: List of Measures References Index

MARTIN GOLD is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. He has written at length in the field of social psychology and delinquency, and his books include Delinquent Behavior in an American City (1970) and Expelled to a Friendlier Place: Study of Effective Alternative Schools (1984).D. WAYNE OSGOOD is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Bureau of Social Research at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of Cognitive Structure: Theory and Measurement of Individual Differences (1979). He has also written at some length on juvenile delinquency and adolescent behavior problems.

• Preface The Problem Theoretical Background Research Design Institutional Adjustment Adjustment to the Open Community The Buoyant and the Beset Implications for Theory and Practice Appendix: List of Measures References Index

MARTIN GOLD is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. He has written at length in the field of social psychology and delinquency, and his books include Delinquent Behavior in an American City (1970) and Expelled to a Friendlier Place: Study of Effective Alternative Schools (1984).D. WAYNE OSGOOD is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Bureau of Social Research at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of Cognitive Structure: Theory and Measurement of Individual Differences (1979). He has also written at some length on juvenile delinquency and adolescent behavior problems.

• Preface The Problem Theoretical Background Research Design Institutional Adjustment Adjustment to the Open Community The Buoyant and the Beset Implications for Theory and Practice Appendix: List of Measures References Index