Lewis M. Killian

Urbanism, Race, and Anomia

The variables most emphasized in relation to anomia have been (1) urban residence and (2) position in the social structure. However, empirical studies testing these hypotheses have relied primarily on white samples. This study, using both white and Negro samples, suggests that for whites position in the social structure is more closely related to high anomia than is urban residence, although urban residence and low status have an additive effect. For Negroes, however, anomia is high for both small-town residents and lower-class urban Negroes. But high position in the social structure plus urban residence reduces anomia.

The Social Scientist's Role in The Preparation of The Florida Desegregation Brief

One of the significant features of the 1954 desegregation cases was the extensive, even though indirect, involvement of social scientists in both the arguments and the decisions. Social science work had been cited previously in cases involving racial segregation, but never before had it played so important and influential a part. In the further hearings of the cases, at least two of the briefs, that of the NAACP and the amicus curiae brief of the Attorney General of Florida, relied heavily upon social science findings for their arguments. Once again the problem of the role conflicts that the social scientist encounters when he