Analyzes the effects of income inequality and community wealth on the desegregation experiences of 69 Black and Puerto Rican students participating in a busing program in five suburban Connecticut high schools. Finds that minority group students were more likely to feel welcome in the less affluent communities. (FMW)

Compares differences in educational attainment and income between a group of Black females who became mothers while adolescents and a group who delayed childbearing, at three different points in their lives. Finds that early parenthood decreases educational attainment and income in the early and middle adult years. (FMW)

Uses an ethnographic study of the largest African-American community in San Francisco and a survey of Black adolescent crack users to describe how drug addiction and accompanying increased sexual activity increase the risk of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Discusses social barriers to AIDS prevention. (FMW)

Examines the effect of family structure, parental rejection, and parental supervision and control on urban Black male delinquency. Finds that only perceived parental rejection has a significant effect on participation in delinquent activities. Discusses factors in Black communities that may contribute to controlling delinquency. (FMW)

Reviews youth employment and training programs since 1962. Concludes that successful programs share the following characteristics: (1) a focus on chronic unemployment; (2) comprehensive remedial programs and human services; (3) early intervention; and (4) connections to mainstream institutions. (FMW)

Examines the victimization of runaways using a sample of 84 adolescents in a midwestern city of about 250,000 people. Finds that these youth, like runaways in larger cities, are doubly victimized by abusive family situations and by life on the streets. Sex differences in the processes that influence victimization are discussed. (FMW)