Urban social problems might be better approached with the understanding that each individual community at risk has its own peculiar mix of social, economic, and cultural attributes that define its problems and potential solutions. Paramount among these problems are issues of leadership and social cohesion. Community intervention strategies need to take such differences into account and provide specific rather than generic solutions.
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Denhardt et al. (1999) studied this question.