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Drugs, Gangs, and Philadelphia's 'Badlands'

city" (Duke, 2000, 3). Most people became familiar with such locations during the 1960s and 1970s when the so-called "white flight...

Background Overview of the 1965 Watts Riots

reasons for the riots can be traced all the way to the 1940s, when Black G.I.s returned from World War II expecting thanks and pra...

The Development of the West End and Chinatown Communities in Boston

so-called blighted slum that the city claimed it was, the area was actually described as the "lively, working-class community of t...

Argument: Poor Urban Life Contains Certain Fixed Elements

the people merely accept poverty, gangs and an extensive drug subculture as part of modern urban life. Yet, does the popular media...

Libya Case Study and Arab Neighborhoods Playground Standards Dissertation Proposal

in safety, which has results in poor quality in terms of the level of the provision and also the safety and maintenance of the pla...

A Look at Bowery Street

The writer describes the Bowery section of New York City from the early 1600s to the present, and discusses the character of the n...

Terms Defined

of responsibility, as the title Hone Secretary indicates; this is the home state. The responsibly is law and order, which includes...

A Political Perspective on School Choice

Many of these corporations have already been lobbying the state legislature. Many question whether this is an ethical way to run ...

Inner City Landfills and Environmental Racism

In twenty pages this paper analyzes how racism even affects environmental issues with a consideration of sanitation landfills that...

Creative Essay 'The Grass Rider'

In three pages this creative essay considers how a new neighborhood kid attempts to learn how to ride a bike as a way of making fr...

Local Police and Citizen Dissatisfaction

In nine pages this research paper examines how people perceive local law enforcement with such determining factors as economics an...

Minority Neighborhoods and the Community Policing Model

This research report examines the concept of community policing and how it impacts minorities. The implementation of this concept ...

Neighborhood Watch Programs Creation

In seven pages the ways in which community members can establish their own neighborhood watch program are discussed. There is a bi...

Overview of Community Politicians and Neighborhood Watch Program Effectiveness

In twenty five pages this paper examines how community politicians are affected by neighborhood watch program effectiveness. Twen...

Modern Americans' and Native Americans' Rites of Passage

In seven pages this paper compares the contemporary American teenager with Tukuna, Okrika, and Okiek Native American counterparts ...

Urban and Minority Neighborhoods and Community Policing

This research report looks at policing of the urban neighborhood with particular notice of minority members. Miami is the focus of...

Three Types of Suburban Neighborhoods

This essay consists of five pages and examines the characteristics of middle class, poor, and affluent suburban neighborhoods. Tw...

Georgetown Neighborhood in Washington DC

materials from library resources as well as the World Wide Web. In addition, the research also allowed for the evaluation of topo...

Washington D.C. and Contemporary Issues

In six pages this paper examines Washington D.C. in a consideration of how neighborhoods have transformed through urban revitaliza...

Washington DC Neighborhoods and Sociocultural Change

In eleven pages this paper examines how Washington DC neighborhoods have been affected by changes in economy, religion, culture, a...

Adams Morgan and Foggy Bottom Neighborhoods of Washington D.C.

This paper considers the post 1930s transformation of these Washington DC neighborhoods in twenty four pages. Fifteen sources are...

Nevada's Foot Patrol

This paper consisting of eight pages critiques the presentation of foot patrol in Nevada's lower income areas in Ronald W. Glensor...

1920 to 1921 Neighborhood of South Boston

In seven pages this paper examines how South Boston's predominantly Irish neighborhood, also dubbed 'the Irish Ghetto' developed d...

Does Racial Residential Segregation Increase Urban Crime?

This 8 page paper uses analysis to determine whether urban crime increases in racially segregated residential areas. The method is...

The American Experience of a Polish Immigrant and His Business Selling Used Cars

In five pages this report exhibits reporting in a combination of neighborhood business and human interest in the story about small...

Educational Alternatives for Poverty-Stricken Children

that schools located in working-class neighborhoods tend to be more regimented than schools located in suburban neighborhoods wher...

COMMUNITY POLICE INITIATIVE

prevent potential crimes before they happen. The citizen watch also keeps in touch with the department to report suspicio...

A Look at Tally's Corner

written word" (Liebow, 2003, p.16). Here, the man described is someone who did not have the benefit of being raised by his parents...

Neighborhood Watch: Study Design

hall meetings, in-depth interviews and one-on-one conversations with the purpose of exploring the issue in detail. In this partic...

The Reason for the Urban Underclass

(Wilson, 1987). Yet, he does not deny that the culture of poverty has a role in addition to social isolation (Wilson, 1987). It s...