National Evaluation of Weed and Seed

By Travis, Jeremy

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Title:	National Evaluation of Weed and Seed
Author:	Travis, Jeremy
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Language:	English
Subject:	Law., Law & economy, Litigation and arbitration
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Publisher:	Department of Justice


Citation APA MLA Chicago Travis, B. J. (n.d.). National Evaluation of Weed and Seed. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Excerpt
Acknowledgements: We are grateful to a number of individuals for their cooperation in the evaluation of the Akron Weed and Seed project. This group includes Chief of Police Edward D. Irvine; Tim Early, retired from Akron?s Department of Planning and Urban Development; Thomas Tatum, also of Planning and Urban Development; Major Paul Callahan, Akron Police Department; Lt. James Harris, data processing, Akron Police Department; and Mike Carillon, also of data processing, Akron Police Department. We are especially grateful to Officer Lloyd Ford, of the Akron Police Department; Shawn Ward, formerly of the Akron Police Department; Joanne Harrison, of the U.S. Attorney?s Office; and Crystal Jones, Crouse Caring Communities Program.

Table of Contents
Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Case Study Objective and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3.0 Site History and Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.1 City Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2 Target Area Characteristics and Nature of Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.3 Other Funding Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.0 Program Structure and Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.1 Formal Organization and Structure for Weed and Seed Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.2 Proposed Goals and Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.3 Budget Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.4 Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.5 Site Monitoring, Reporting, and Local Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.0 Key Implementation Issues and Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.1 Role of Weed and Seed Site Designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.2 Management Structure and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.3 Local Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5.4 Operational Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5.5 Approach to Weeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5.6 Approach to Community Policing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5.7 Approach to Seeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5.8 Operational Relationships with Other Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5.9 Concluding Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6.0 Crime Patterns and Community Perceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6.2 Analysis of Crime Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6.3 Survey of Community Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 6.4 Seeding Program Participant Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 7.0 Future Directions and Degree of Institutionalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42