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This digital document is an article from Journal of Property Management, published by Institute of Real Estate Management on March 1, 1994. The length of the article is 3919 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The unabated escalation of crimes is compelling property managers to turn to neighborhood watches and other community-based programs. Although crime prevention has always been an inextricable part of property management since time immemorial, newer types of crimes, such as gang activity, drugs and advanced car-theft networks, require a new kind of prevention approach. For most managers, a community watch program provides the solution. Such type of initiative usually involves the cooperation of the community's citizens as well as the police force. Experts believe that this type of community effort is particularly valuable in residential and commercial properties beset with gang and drug problems because the perpetrators of the crime are based in the community.

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Title: Safety in numbers: building a community watch program. (Cover Story)
Author: Martha Schindler
Publication: Journal of Property Management (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1994
Publisher: Institute of Real Estate Management
Volume: v59Issue: n2Page: p22(5)

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This digital document is an article from Business Perspectives, published by University of Memphis on June 1, 1998. The length of the article is 498 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: There were three successful crime prevention programs in Memphis and Shelby Counties, TN. The Memphis Area Neighborhood Watch (MANW) organized community watch programs and a seminar on crime prevention for the residents of the Wesley-Highland Towers. Youth Watch is a project utilizing the resources of MANW and focused on the participation of young people in the prevention of juvenile crimes. The Drug Dealer Eviction Program ejected drug dealers from leased property and saturated places where dealers thrived.

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Title: Fighting crime one program at a time. (Memphis, TN)
Publication: Business Perspectives (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1998
Publisher: University of Memphis
Volume: v10Issue: n4Page: p20(1)

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on October 1, 1999. The length of the article is 993 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A business watch program was successful in reducing crime incidents carried out by gang members at Duke-Weeks Gwinnett Park in northeast Atlanta, GA. Among the rampant crimes committed at the office park area off Interstate 85 are vandalism, car-theft and smash-grab robberies. Through the efforts of Scientific-Atlanta Inc, the landlord and the Gwinnett County police, security lessons touching on such topics as frauds, scams and gang awareness helped more people be aware and report crimes to the authorities.

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Title: Office perks.(Working Wise)(a business watch program at Duke-Weeks Gwinnett Park in Atlanta, GA)
Author: Michael A. Gips
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1999
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: 43Issue: 10Page: 22(2)

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on March 1, 1995. The length of the article is 859 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: David Erlich organized the Spenard Community Patrol in Spenard, Alaska, in 1992 to fight the spread of drug dealing, prostitution, after-hours drinking and gambling in the community. The group uses computers to digitize video recordings of suspect individuals. Erlich edits the video recordings to get close-up images, which are sent to community business owners and the police to help build criminal cases against suspects. Erlich's sophisticated methods have helped reduce crime and other illegal activities in Spenard.

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Title: Northern exposure. (electronic crime-fighting methods of Spenard Community Patrol in Alaska)
Author: John F. Kirch
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1995
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: v39Issue: n3Page: p15(2)

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From the early 1980s in England, community policing has been held up as a newcommitment to the ideals of service and the rejection of coercive policingstyles. The idea was to encourage a partnership between the public and thepolice in which community needs would be met by officers on localbeats.

Today, British government ministers and senior police officersdepict Neighbourhood Watch, the centerpiece of the scheme, as a great success.However, Watching Police, Watching Communities reveals thatmost schemes are dormant or dead. The authors trace the causes of scheme failureto the lack of commitment to community policing by police forces. Mostimportantly, they find a police rank-and-file culture which celebratesaggression, machismo and the assertion of authority especially in areas whereethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups reside.