Entry:

Davis, James A., “Did Growing Up in the 1960's Leave a Permanent Mark on Attitudes and Values?” Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 68, Pgs. 162-183.

Abstract:

Across a broad variety of social attitude measures, Americans did not move in a wholly conservative direction, but in a slightly liberal direction. Despite this general liberal trend, crime attitudes were consistently conservative and race relations became decidedly more liberal.