PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEAT - RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTIAL SECURITY - NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM PHASE 1

• NCJ Number: 34856
• Author(s): R K YIN; M E VOGEL; J CHAIKEN; D R BOTH
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 165 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-NI-99-0105
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM

Annotation

THIS STUDY IDENTIFIES AND ASSESSES THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE REGARDING CITIZEN PATROLS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS - THIS VOLUME DEALS WITH CITIZEN PATROLS IN GENERAL; FOR PROFILES AND CASE STUDIES SEE NCJ-34857.

Abstract

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE: A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING PATROL ACTIVITIES; METHODS OF GATHERING EVIDENCE ABOUT PATROLS; THE PATROL EXPERIENCE; AND FURTHER RESEARCH. THE STUDY REVEALED THAT CONTEMPORARY RESIDENT PATROLS SHARE A GENERAL EMPHASIS ON RESIDENTIAL CRIME PREVENTION; THERE APPEAR TO BE NUMEROUS PATROLS AROUND THE COUNTRY IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF VARIED INCOME AND RACIAL COMPOSITION; AND THAT CONTEMPORARY PATROLS VARY WIDELY IN COST, BUT MOST ARE OPERATED ON A SMALL BUDGET AND ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. OTHER FINDINGS DISCLOSE THAT BUILDING PATROLS SEEMED TO BE EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING CRIME; CONTEMPORARY RESIDENT PATROLS ARE OCCASIONALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO VIGILANTISM, WITH NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS, APPEARING TO BE MORE SO INCLINED THAN BUILDING PATROLS; PUBLIC HOUSING PATROLS DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM OTHERS; AND SEVERAL IMPLEMENTATION FACTORS INFLUENCE A PATROL'S ABILITY TO OPERATE AND ACHIEVE ITS GOALS (PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION, AND BUREAUCRATIZATION).