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NCJ 175700
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Title:
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National Evaluation of Weed and Seed: Salt Lake City Case Study
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Series:
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NIJ Research Report
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Author(s):
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Jack Greene ; Jennifer H. Frank ; Kristen Jacoby
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Corporate Author:
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Abt Associates, Inc
United States
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Project Director:
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Terence Dunworth Ph.D. ; Gregory Mills
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Date Published:
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1999 |
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Page Count:
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57 |
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Sponsoring Agency:
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Contract Number:
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95-DD-BX-0134 |
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Sale Source:
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National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States |
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Document:
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Text PDF |
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Agency Summary:
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Agency Summary |
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Type:
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Program/project evaluations |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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This case study documents the activities implemented under the
Weed and Seed program in Salt Lake City, Utah, one of eight sites
for the National Evaluation of Weed and Seed, and assesses the
program's impact at this site. |
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Abstract:
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Unveiled in 1991, Operation Weed and Seed is an attempt to
improve the quality of life in America's cities. The ultimate
goals of Weed and Seed are to control violent crime, drug
trafficking, and drug-related crime in targeted high-crime
neighborhoods and to provide a safe environment free of crime and
drug use. The program is grounded in the philosophy that targeted
areas can best be improved by a two-pronged strategy of "weeding"
out violent offenders, drug traffickers, and other criminals by
removing them from the targeted area and "seeding" the area with
human services and neighborhood revitalization efforts. Community
policing is intended to be the "bridge" between "weeding" and
"seeding." The evaluation activities undertaken for this case
study included onsite observation of program activities;
in-person interviews with program staff, key law enforcement
personnel, community leaders, service providers, and
participants; review of program documents; a survey of target
area residents; and analysis of computerized crime and arrest
records provided by the local police department. The evaluation
findings show that for the 5-month period before the start of
Weed and Seed (March through July 1995), the number of crimes per
month in the target area averaged 11. In a similar period after
the program's implementation (March through July 1997), the
number of Part 1 crimes per month averaged 12.5 in the target
area, an increase of approximately 23 percent. Findings presented from the community survey focus on perceptions of the neighborhood,
victimization, police response, community involvement,
perceptions of social services and other programs, and
perceptions of the Weed and Seed program. Future directions and
degree of institutionalization are also discussed. 12 exhibits |
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Main Term(s):
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Community crime prevention programs |
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Index Term(s):
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Drug law enforcement ; Violence prevention ; Weed and seed programs ; NIJ grant-related documents ; Utah |
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