OREGON CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU - EVALUATION REPORT, N 1

• NCJ Number: 19343
• Author(s): D GRAY
• Editor(s): C GOFF
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 9 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-NI-10-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Oregon Law Enforcement Council
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN ASSESSMENT OF THIS CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM WHICH IS AIMED AT REDUCING BURGLARY AND ROBBERY RATES IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND THROUGH A PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM.

Abstract

THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES ENCOURAGED IN BLOCK, NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUSINESS MEETINGS ARE THE MARKING OF PROPERTY WITH A PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL, KEEPING A LIST OF MARKED PROPERTY, AND DISPLAYING OF STICKERS ON WINDOWS AND DOORS TO INFORM POTENTIAL INTRUDERS THAT SUCH MARKING HAS TAKEN PLACE. OTHER CRIME PREVENTION TECHNIQUES SUCH AS ADEQUATE LOCKS FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS, REGULAR USE OF SUCH LOCKS, AND USE OF LIGHTING WHEN AWAY FROM HOME ARE ALSO TAUGHT. PROGRESS TOWARD EACH OF THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES IS EVALUATED IN TURN. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU (CPB) AVERAGED 20 MEETINGS PER WEEK, OR 50 PERCENT OF ITS STATED OBJECTIVE. SIMILARLY, 27 PERCENT OF ITS OBJECTIVE OF 652 MARKINGS OF PROPERTY PER WEEK WAS MET. RATHER THAN WORKING ON A LOCAL BUILDING CODE AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, THE CPB WAS FOUND TO BE WORKING ON A STATE-WIDE BUILDING SECURITY CODE. THE PRELIMINARY DATA INDICATED A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN THE BURGLARY RATES OF HOUSEHOLDS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE CPB PROGRAM BY MARKING THEIR PROPERTY AND DISPLAYING STICKERS, FROM AN EXPECTED RATE OF 130 IN 1000 TO ABOUT 4 IN 1000. ALSO, VICTIM REPORTING OF BURGLARIES APPEARED TO CORRELATE WITH CPB ACTIVITY LEVELS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)