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Weed and Seed: Conceptual Framework

NCJ Number
133017
Date Published
1991
Length
18 pages
Annotation
This booklet describes the Weed and Seed Program -- a comprehensive and integrated approach to address violent crime, drug abuse, and deteriorating social and economic opportunities within a targeted community -- and outlines the steps for beginning such a program in a city.
Abstract
The "weed" portion of the program focuses on removing violent criminals from communities through law enforcement, prosecution, adjudication, and supervision; the "seed" portion of the program focuses on neighborhood redevelopment through rebuilding institutions and activities in communities. Elements of the program are multiagency leadership, coordination of activities, a police-community partnership, and the concentration of resources in a designated location. The strategies are suppression; community-oriented policing; prevention, intervention, and treatment; and neighborhood reclamation and revitalization. The bridge between the two program components is community- oriented policing, in which the police and the community cooperate to devise strategies and mount efforts to address community problems that bear upon crime. A seven-step process for beginning a Weed and Seed Program is outlined, and program possibilities for a Weed and Seed effort are listed.