1st Edition
Cycles of Poverty and Crime in America's Inner Cities
By Lewis D. Solomon
Copyright 2012
171 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
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Routledge
174 Pages
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Routledge
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Despite the best hopes of the past half century, black urban pathologies persist in America. The inner cities remain concentrations of the uneducated, unemployed, underemployed, and unemployable. Many fail to stay in school and others choose lives of drugs, violence, and crime. Most do not marry, leading to single-parent households and children without a father figure. The cycle repeats itself... Read more
Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. The Abyss in America’s Inner Cities, 2. Current Federal Rehabilitative Workforce Development and Prisoner Reentry Policies and Programs: An Overview, 3. Near-Term Strategies, Programs, and Policies: Nonprofi t Approaches to Rehabilitate the Disconnected and the Formerly Incarcerated, 4. Intermediate-Term Preventive Strategies, Programs, and Policies to Facilitate Skills Training in High Schools and Alternative Venues, 5. Conclusion: The Need to Rethink Three Policies, Index
Biography
Lewis D. Solomon
