[Electronic-lan] Neighborhood Watch Information

[Susie Nightingale]

We on Chalk Hill Court established a Neighborhood Watch program out of frustration with an abandoned house that had been neglected by its owner for almost fifteen years. After we set up our program, we wrote a letter to the City Commission that almost all of signed, and within months, the matter was resolved. An empty house is an invitation for criminal activity, and we now have a fully renovated home with a responsible resident. That, to me, is worth every bit of sweat equity we put into walking up to each home in August heat to obtain the necessary signatures. We learned who our neighbors were and are more aware of who should and who should not be in our neighborhood.

Susie Nightingale

On Jun 8, 2017, at 8:38 PM, Jane Gibson via Electronic-lan wrote:

> Thanks for following up on this subject after the meeting, Courtney, and thanks for the link.
> 
> Here is a short, concise summary of a study of the effectiveness of Neighborhood Watch programs. Results are mixed and not very encouraging when it comes to crime reduction. There may be other benefits, however, such as community building that results from formalizing shared responsibility and a sense of mutuality. I didn't find a study about that, but didn't look very hard either. 
> 
> https://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/us-justice-department-neighborhood-watch-reduce-crime
> 
> Jane
> 
> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Lawrence Assoc of Neighborhoods via Electronic-lan <electronic-lan at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
> Good Afternoon!
> 
> At the last meeting several people expressed interest in the neighborhood watch program. Here is the link:
> 
> http://police.lawrenceks.org/content/neighborhood-watch
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> For those who do pursue the creation of neighborhood watch please feel free to come to a monthly LAN meeting and update us on your progress. 
> Sincerely, Courtney Shipley co-chair
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> 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology
> April 3-7, 2018
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> Program Chair: Prof. Carla Guerrón Montero
> Program Theme: Sustainable Futures
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