CRIME AND ITS EFFECTS ON BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE BEDFORD-STUYVESANT COMMUNITY OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

• NCJ Number: 16470
• Author(s): B MCDONALD
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AFFECTS BUSINESS IN AN INNER-CITY AREA.

Abstract

THE SMALL BUSINESS SURVEY CONSISTED OF CONTACTING 19 FIRMS REPRESENTING ALL AREAS OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY, INCLUDING RETAIL STORES, SERVICE, CONSTRUCTION, MANUFACTURING-HARD GOODS, MANUFACTURING-SOFT GOODS, FRANCHISES, AND RETAIL SERVICE. THE SURVEY ALSO ATTEMPTED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN 'STREET CRIME' AND 'ORGANIZED CRIME' AND THEIR RESPECTIVE EFFECTS ON BUSINESS ACTIVITY. THE QUESTIONNAIRE USED IS PRESENTED, ALONG WITH A SUMMARY OF FINDINGS.