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Administrative responses to racial conflict in a high school

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The impact of a high school riot on the ecology of the school is studied from the perspective of the vice-principal. Administrative options and responses were shaped by the organizational history of the school and by relationships among various groups both outside and inside the school: faculty, students, superintendent, Board of Education, black community, and white community. Some implications for the Community Mental Health Consultant are discussed.

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  1. National Institute of Mental Health, 5454 Wisconsin Avenue, 20015, Chevy Chase, Maryland

    Frank M. Ochberg M.D. (Executive Assistant to the Director)

  2. Yale Psycho-educational Clinic, 295 Crown Street, New Haven, Connecticut

    Edison Trickett Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Psychology)

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  1. Frank M. Ochberg M.D.
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The authors wish to thank Dr. Beatrix Hamburg for her valuable help and encouragement.

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Ochberg, F.M., Trickett, E. Administrative responses to racial conflict in a high school. Community Ment Health J 6, 470–482 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01435137

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