Urban America
Subtitle: policy choices for Los Angeles and the nation
By: edited by James B. Steinberg, David W. Lyon, and Mary E. Vaiana.
Contributors: Steinberg, James.; Lyon, David W.; Vaiana, Mary E.
Publisher: Rand
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Urban policy -- California -- Los Angeles; Urban policy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"MR-100-RC"--Cover p. [4].
Also available in electronic form via the RAND Corporation Web site.
Table of contents: title: Public policy and the inner city across three decades / Robert A. Levine and Barbara R. Williams; title: The widening income and wage gap between rich and poor : trends, causes, and policy options / Lynn A. Karoly; title: Families, children, poverty, policy / Julie DaVanzo; title: Helping urban teenagers avoid high-risk behavior : what we've learned from prevention research / Phyllis L. Ellickson; title: Urban education / Paul T. Hill; title: Crime and punishment in California : full cells, empty pockets, and questionable benefits / Joan Petersilia; title: Reforming California's approach to delinquent and high-risk youth / Peter W. Greenwood; title: Street drug markets in inner-city neighborhoods : matching policy to reality / Peter H. Reuter and Robert J. MacCoun; title: Financing public services in Los Angeles / Preston Niblack and Peter J.E. Stan; title: Needed : a federal role in helping communities cope with immigration / Georges Vernez; title: Providing health care for the uninsured and underinsured in Los Angeles County / Robert E. Tranquada and Peter A. Glassman; title: Getting nowhere : homeless people, aimless policy / Paul Koegel and Audrey Burnam.