Pornography Controversy

Ray C. Rist is senior policy analyst , National Institute of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington D.C. The author of many articles, his book The Urban School: A Factory for Failure, has recently been published. He is also the editor of Restructuring American Education, published by Transaction books. His major research interests are in social policy analysis, urban education and social deviance.

• Some theoretical concerns: Rist, R. C. Pornography as a social problem. Kaplan, A. Obscenity as an esthetic category.--Pornography and dilemmas of law: Berns, W. Beyond the (garbage) pale; or, Democracy, censorship, and the arts. Legislative recommendations: report of the Committee on Obscenity and Pornography. Gagnon, J. H. and Simon, W. Pornography: raging menace or paper tiger? Warren, E., Jr. Obscenity laws: a shift to reality.--Pornography and dilemmas of morality: Slade, J. P. Pornographic theatersoff Times Square. Michelson, P. The pleasures of commodity; or, How to make the world safe for pornography. Gardiner, H. J. Moral principles towards a definition of the obscene. MacGregor, J. The modern Machiavellians: the pornography of sexual game-playing. Steiner, G. Night words: high pornography and human privacy.--Pornography and social science research: The effects of explicit sexual materials: the report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. Wilson, J. Q. Violence, pornography, and social science. Rist, R. C. Polity, politics, and social research.