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CJA 314 Neighborhood Watch Research Study Paper

Research on the effectiveness of neighborhood watch programs.

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    Neighborhood Watch Research Study Paper CJA 314 Evaluate the effectiveness of the Neighborhood Watch Program as a crime prevention tool based on the provided case study. Discuss the criminological theories that support its implementation and explain how the program fosters community involvement and collaboration with law enforcement. Your response should be 600 - 800 words.

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    Neighborhood Watch Program Neighborhood Watch Programs are put in place to protect the members of a community. Once a program is put in place they must be strictly monitored. The success of a neighborhood watch program is dependent on the community actively participating. There is no one person that can run these types of programs. It is truly a group effort and that is why it is crucial for the entire community to come together to make sure the program is effective. This small suburb community is a place where everyone knows everyone. Members treat each other as though they were family members. The members of this small community have made several complaints about suspicious activity. It was not until the neighborhood had three houses robbed, all within a month’s time, that some of the members came up with the idea of maybe implementing a watch program. Unfortunately, due to no participation from the rest of the community the idea got tossed to the side. The neighborhood was quiet of any criminal activity for about two months. Two months after the houses were robbed a series of incidents occurred. Members began noticing that the community was becoming frequently visited by gang members driving through and that they were seeing more and more people coming in and out of the community that did not belong there. Again even with all these signs, the community did not come together as a whole and tossed the complaints to the back burner. So what caused the members of this community to finally come together as one? It took one community member being robbed at gun point to finally put the fear into all. Within weeks the watch program had been put in place. The community nominated seven of their neighbors to form the Neighborhood Watch Committee. It is their job to make sure that the community

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