The Case Against Federal Programs
Designed to Eliminate the "Root Causes" of Crime

I. Past federal efforts to eliminate root causes of crime have not only failed, they have made the problem worse.

II. Programs that are successful in eliminating the root causes of crime are almost always local, with little, if any, federal involvement.

III. The failure of federal efforts is not an accident, but a natural and inevitable consequence of the politics of antipoverty.