Editing Cultures of Welfare (section)

== What is the Criminal? ==

:There is a widespread belief that Afro-American people and particularly young Afro-American inner-city males, are far more prone to violence than white people. Substance abuse, the epidemic of teenage pregnancy, and the prevalence of households headed by women are almost always linked to black violence.
#Some of the effects of a maturing generation of crack babies may include:
## Expanding prison populations; 
## Increased numbers of young sociopathic adults; 
## Many young adults who are apathetic, uneducated, and dependent, and who will overwhelm a society not prepared to assist them; 
## A juvenile court process, already overloaded, forced to deal with abused and abandoned youth who have become involved in crime.