Reviews the findings of Black community surveys carried out by the Urban League in several U.S. cities since 1976. Among the principal concerns of urban Blacks surveyed were inflation, unemployment, housing, crime, education, child care, health care, racial discrimination, and police-community relations. (GC)

Gives an overview of issues related to domestic violence against women as a social problem: changing responses from the legal system and the community over the course of history, possible causes of domestic violence against women, current perspectives and trends, prevalence, seriousness, and our response as a society. (LKS)

Mike Davis's book presents a history and current sociology of Los Angeles from a socialist perspective, arguing that inequalities in the distribution of power and wealth underlie the area's serious, growing problems: ethnic fear and discrimination, social disinvestment and withdrawal by the "haves," and an epidemic of youth violence. (SV)

Problem solving begins with problem identification. Conventional knowledge suggests that because patrol officers work specific geographical areas (beats) on a fairly constant basis, they come to see where the problems exist; thus, police experience alone can be relied on to identify crime problems. However, few have examined whether officers are…

A number of problems facing Hispanics in general and Mexican Americans in particular lend themselves to local solutions rather than Federal intervention. From a community relations standpoint, there are three major areas of concern for Hispanics nationally: education, immigration and the administration of justice. The two major educational…

This report identifies and analyzes the problems that exist between the community and police in Memphis and offers recommendations toward their solution, focusing on a review of allegations of police misconduct. Major issues addressed include: (1) police policies and practices that affect relations with the community; (2) the Memphis community's…

The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) is a community organization on the south side of Chicago which grew out of cooperative efforts of clergymen in the area, members of the Greater Woodlawn Pastor's Alliance, in 1959. TWO's approach to community problems, influenced by the thinking of Saul Alinsky, was directly to confront unfair business practices,…

Presented in summary fashion, this pilot research project, conducted under the auspices of the Miami, Florida Police Department, was an outgrowth of the dual problems of deteriorating police-citizen relationships and escalating societal violence during recent years. The lack of empirical data on police behavior led to the project, limited in scope…

Summarizes discussion at an international conference of human rights professionals in 1982. Addresses such topics as: police-community relations, education and the mass media, the roles of human rights agencies, affirmative action, the impact of new technology, new challenges in dealing with discrimination, and coalition-building. (KH)

Teachers and police officers work closely in the Police-School-Liaison-Program, a K-12 project of the Wichita, Kansas, schools which has improved police-school and community relations and contributed to law-related education goals. Inservice teacher education is provided; curriculum materials have been developed; and police officers participate in…

Reports on a study of 110 Detroit (Michigan) domestic assault cases to determine whether victim preference about arrest of the assailant had an impact on police behavior and the recurrence of violence. Finds that mandatory arrest policies reduces police discretion and ignores victim preference. (CFR)

In Tacoma, Washington, the Safe Street Campaign united the schools, government agencies, labor groups, community and religious organizations, businesses, youth, and substance abuse agencies in responding to gangs and drugs. (MLF)

This article examines the environmental impact on the programmatic implementation of community-oriented policing (COP) in large municipal police agencies during the 1990s. Three waves of nationwide surveys (1993, 1996, and 2000) based on a random sample of 281 municipalities and the corresponding police agencies were used for our analysis. Based…

A review of 44 studies and references on women in police work showed that for a long time women who had gained access to employment in law enforcement did so only in a very limited sense. It was not until the 1960s that women began to be assimilated fully into the ranks of patrol officers for the first time. With the passage of Title VII of the…

This journal issue is a contribution to the development of caretaking strategies to help young victims of violence, and is intended to provide support for those who are helping the victims. Four main articles are: (1) "Parenting in Violent Environments" (Joy Osofsky and Beverly Roberson Jackson); (2) "Infants, Toddlers, and…