ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a crucial exception to the types of public opinion studies published in the aftermath of the Los Angeles civil unrest of 1992. It also provides more complete details on the scope, design, and content of the 1992 Los Angeles County Social Survey. The chapter reviews the major findings of the research in several key topical domains; and the main findings and identifies several major implications of the research. These domains include opinions on life in Los Angeles, fears and beliefs about crime, opinions on the nature of poverty and of black-white economic inequality, perceptions about the traits and abilities of different ethnic groups, and preferences for interethnic contact or separation. Most of the public opinion studies that sought to examine issues of interethnic relations were in the position of tapping individuals attitudes and beliefs strictly in the wake of the verdict and the subsequent rebellion.
