Report
Families, Children, Poverty, Policy
Jan 1, 1994
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The Los Angeles civil disturbances of 1992 brought America's long-term urban problems into new focus and raised concerns about the effectiveness of government solutions. This report attempts to provide answers in a series of essays on four general areas of urban problems: inner city; children, youth and families; crime and criminal justice; and public services and social welfare. Each essay defines the nature of the problem, describes and evaluates remedies tried in the past, and evaluates current policy ideas in terms of risks and benefits. The editors note that many serious urban problems lie outside local government's control, but federal decisionmakers have not been attentive to the effect of their policies at the local level. They suggest that, given the complexity of these problems, decisionmakers must be willing to implement policies that may benefit only a part of the target population. In addition, policymakers and the public need to have realistic expectations about what government can achieve, and must recognize that policy will have a limited effect at best if it tries to swim against broad social and economic currents.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
Public Policy and the Inner City Across Three Decades
Chapter One
Public Policy and the Inner City Across Three Decades
Part 2
Children, Youth, and Families
Chapter Two
The Widening Income and Wage Gap Between Rich and Poor: Trends, Causes, and Policy Options
Chapter Three
Families, Children, Poverty, Policy
Chapter Four
Helping Urban Teenagers Avoid High-Risk Behavior: What We'Ve Learned from Prevention Research
Chapter Five
Urban Education
Chapter Six
Military Service: a Closing Door of Opportunity for Youth
Part 3
Crime and Criminal Justice
Chapter Seven
Crime and Punishment in California: Full Cells, Empty Pockets, and Questionable Benefits
Chapter Eight
Reforming California'S Approach to Delinquent and High-Risk Youth
Chapter Nine
Street Drug Markets in Inner-City Neighborhoods
Part 4
Public Services and Social Welfare
Chapter Ten
Financing Public Services in Los Angeles
Chapter Eleven
Needed: a Federal Role in Helping Communities Cope with Immigration
Chapter Twelve
Providing Health Care for the Uninsured and Underinsured in Los Angeles County
Chapter Thirteen
Getting Nowhere: Homeless People, Aimless Policy
Authors
About the Contributors
Selected Rand Research
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