From the Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Report. This report offers empirically based answers to frequently asked questions about the nature of juvenile crime and victimization, and about the justice system’s response.

The PRI Library has received a job announcement from the NICHD, Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch for a summer internship.

The PRI Library has received a conference announcement from Ohio State University Department of Sociology for their one day conference on the many faces of inequality.

This NCES report uses data from the ECLS-K of 1998-99 to explore relationships between kindergarten teachers’ reports of their qualifications and instructional practices and direct assessments of children’s reading and mathematics achievement during the kindergarten year.

This is a Census Bureau news release. 2004 data is now available for download and reports.

In a commentary piece for the Christian Science Monitor (April 24, 2006), Maryann Reid discusses reduced motivation to marry from peers and families in the black community.

A telephone survey conducted by a Purdue University sociologist asked people: “What does it mean to be an American?” and found that behavior is more important than background. For more, read the Christian Science Monitor article (April 25, 2006).

A study led by Dr. George E. Vaillant, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found that men’s retirement satisfaction depends on marriage, mental outlook, and physical health more than on income. For more, read the Reuters Health story.

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Funding for Faculty Investigators

Administrative Supplements for Studies of Cancer in HIV/AIDS – National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Building Translational Research in Integrative Behavioral Science (R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Building Translational Research in Integrative Behavioral Science (R21) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Building Translational Research in Integrative Behavioral Science (R24) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R21) – National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Feasibility of Delivering New Adolescent Vaccines in Complementary Health Care Settings – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Increasing Adolescent Immunization Coverage in School-Based Health Centers – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Men’s Heterosexual Behavior And HIV Infection (R03) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Men’s Heterosexual Behavior And HIV Infection (R21) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Methodology And Measurement In The Behavioral And Social Sciences (R03) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) – National Institute on Aging (NIA) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) – Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Methodology And Measurement In The Behavioral And Social Sciences (R21) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) – National Institute on Aging (NIA) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) – Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Planning Grants For Translational Research For The Prevention And Control Of Diabetes And Obesity (R34) – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

Prescription Drug Abuse (R03) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Prescription Drug Abuse (R21) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Reproductive Genetics and Epigenetics (R03) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Reproductive Genetics and Epigenetics (R21) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Sociological Initiatives Foundation Grants – Sociological Initiatives Foundation

The Effect Of Racial And Ethnic Discrimination/Bias On Health Care Delivery (R03) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R21) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

The Science And Ecology Of Early Development (SEED) [R03] – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

An article in the April 12, 2006 issue of The Economist covers medical studies that take race into account and surrounding controversies.