NCJ Number
15312
Date Published
1971
Length
314 pages
Annotation
EXAMINES SEVERAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATIONS IN WHICH THE VICTIMS ARE BLAMED BY SOCIETY FOR THEIR PREDICAMENT.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR BEGINS BY EXPLAINING HOW VICTIMS ARE BLAMED FOR THEIR SITUATIONS. THIS IS DONE LARGELY THROUGH IDENTIFICATION OF A PROBLEM, SUCH AS POVERTY, AND THROUGH SELECTION OF A SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE, SUCH AS URBAN BLACKS, AS A TARGET POPULATION TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. EACH CHAPTER THEN FOCUSES ON A SPECIFIC PROBLEM OR ON EFFORTS TO ATTACK A PROBLEM. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE THE FOLKLORE OF CULTURAL DEPRIVATION, ILLEGITIMACY, THE NEGRO FAMILY, LEARNING TO BE POOR, SLUMS, SUBURBS AND SUBSIDIES, RIOTS, RAIDS AND REPRESSION, AND MONEY, POWER AND SOCIAL CHANGE.