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PROJECT CONCERN - COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON YOUTH AND ELDERLY VICTIMS

NCJ Number
40827
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 44 Issue: 4 Dated: (APRIL 1977) Pages: 58-59
Author(s)
A SCROGGS
Date Published
1977
Length
2 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION OF A CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM IN ST PETERSBURG (FL) WHICH WAS JOINTLY SPONSORED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION TO REDUCE CRIME AND ALLAY UNFOUNDED FEARS OF CRIME IN TWO TARGET AREAS.
Abstract
THE AREAS CHOSEN INCLUDED ELEVEN CENSUS TRACTS WHICH WERE EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN CRIME AND A RISING FEAR OF CRIME. PARTIAL STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION INDICATE THAT PROJECT CONCERN'S TARGET HARDENING AND WALK-IN SOCIAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES MAY BE PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR A DECREASING CRIME RATE....EB