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| NCJ Number:
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NCJ 100128
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| Title:
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Reducing Fear of Crime in Houston and Newark - A Summary Report
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| Author(s):
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A M Pate ; M A Wycoff ; W G Skogan ; L W Sherman
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| Sponsoring Agency:
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| Sale:
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Police Foundation
1201 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
United States |
| Document Url:
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PDF |
| Publisher Url*:
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http://www.policefoundation.org |
| Publication Date:
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1986 |
| Pages:
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61 |
| Type:
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Demonstration program description |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Grant No.:
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83-1J-CX-0003 |
| Annotation:
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This report summarizes experiments conducted by the police departments of Houston, Tex., and Newark, N.J., in 1983 and 1984 to test several methods, including neighborhood police stations and community organizing, intended to reduce fear, improve neighborhoods, and increase popular satisfaction with police services. |
| Abstract:
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The report highlights the planning process, programs implemented by the two departments, resources required, and program evaluation techniques and results. Both cities tested a police community newsletter, a police-community multiservice center, and officer contacts with residents to determine what the public considered to be local problems. Additional Houston programs included telephone contacts with victims and efforts to create a neighborhood organization. Newark implemented programs to reduce social disorder and physical deterioration and increase the quality and quantity of police-citizen contacts. The evaluation concluded that door-to-door contact, community organizing, and police storefront operations could reduce the physical and psychological distance between police and the neighborhood. It also suggested that officers recruited for fear-reduction strategies be screened to ensure that they are community-service oriented, adaptable to changing conditions, and self-motivated. Charts and 18 references. |
| Main Term(s):
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Policing innovation |
| Index Term(s):
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Program evaluation ; Community service officers ; Fear of crime ; Police-citizen interactions |
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