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Front Matter (R1-R30)

1. Racial Trends in the Administration of Criminal Justice (1-20)

2. Race and Criminal Justice (21-31)

3. Commentary on Randall Kennedy's Overview of the Justice System (32-51)

4. Race and Ethnicity in the Labor Market: Trends Over the Short and Long Term (52-97)

5. Racial Differences in Labor Market Outcomes Among Men (98-123)

6. Racial Trends in Labor Market Access and Wages: Women (124-151)

7. Ethnic and Racial Differences in Welfare Receipt in the United States (152-173)

8. Labor Force Trends: The Military as Data (174-189)

9. Trends in Minority-Owned Businesses (190-221)

10. Wealth and Racial Stratification (222-251)

11. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health: Recent Trends, Current Patterns, Future Directions (252-310)

12. Racial and Ethnic Trends in Children's and Adolescents' Behavior and Development (311-350)

13. The heal th of Minority Children in the Year 2000: The Role of Government Programs in Improving the Health Status of America's Children (351-370)

14. Racial Variations in Adult Health Status: Patterns, Paradoxes, and Prospects (371-410)

15. Health-Care use in the Veterans Health Administration: Racial Trends and the Spirit of Inquiry (411-430)

Appendix A: Acronyms (431-433)

Appendix B: Agenda: Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States (434-438)

Appendix C: Biographical Sketches (439-446)

Index (447-492)