NCJ Number
122907
Journal
C.J. the Americas Volume: 2 Issue: 6 Dated: (December-January 1990) Pages: 1,19-21,23
Date Published
1990
Length
5 pages
Annotation
One of the most dramatic of the 25 forecasts made in 1986 by a panel of nationally recognized law enforcement experts concerned with likelihood of urban unrest and civil disorder throughout the United States by 1999.
Abstract
Evidence regarding recent economic trends, social and cultural conditions, and the political environment support this prediction. For example, the United States has recently moved from being the greatest lender nation to the greatest debtor nation in the world. In addition, egalitarianism is declining, and the unemployment rate among blacks and Hispanics continues to far exceed that of white Americans. Numerous incidents of racially motivated violence, the decline of the nuclear family, and demographic changes also suggest the likelihood of future instability. To address the problem, law enforcement should seek greater community involvement through such approaches as community-oriented policing. Police agencies must also avoid reversion to the reactive mode of the post. 76 references.