ARSNEAULT,Shelly <br/><br/>
Values and virtue :  the politics of abstinence - only sex education 

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> This article illustrates the concepts of morality policy and politics by examining the 1996 Title V federal grants for abstinence-only sex education. Drawing from the existing literature on morality policy and politics, it includes a theoretical framework for the study of morality policy and analysis of abstinence - only education as it was shaped at the federal, state, and local levels. Using the example of Title V in Kentucky, this case study well illustrate the expctations of conflict in adoption and controversy in implementation of morality policy. Furthermore, it provides and admonition for pratitioners about compromise  in even the most contentious morality policy battles