Greater Need For Information Research Articles

The needs of prisoners' wives: A challenge for the mental health professions

This research assessed the needs of prisoners' wives in six areas (information, finances, relationships with friends, family relationships, grief, and relationships with children) and determined if stage of separation or previous experience with the correctional system affected those needs. High levels of need were found in each area. Women in the initial stage of separation had significantly greater need for information than women in the pre-reunion stage, but prior experience with the correctional system did not predict needs. Results suggest giving more information to the women at the time of their husbands' trials and the formation of self-help groups.

Growth of the World Population and Policies for Controlling It

In the last one and a half to two decades, an extremely large amount of interest has been shown in demographic problems throughout the world. On the one hand, this is associated with the spread of the planning of social and economic development (1) and with the greater need for information concerning population, and on the other hand, with the sharp increase in the size of the world population in the postwar period.