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- 3. Are drugs a problem nationally? % 12-17 years of age reporting use in past month University of Michigan- Monitoring the Future annual survey DRUG 2002 2005 Change Any Drug 11.6% 9.9% 15% cumulative Marijuana 8.2% 6.8% -17% cumulative
- 4. Record # of arrests for Adults 1.8 million possession cases in 2007
- 7. A noncriminal alternative to rid neighborhoods of drugs Neighbors Helping Neighbors in the Fight Against Illegal Drugs
- 10. Neighbors Against Drugs Vulnerable Corridor Public In Demand Tedious “ traditional” investigations Infamous History Scanning
- 11. Note: Most critical stage (Bynum, 1997 Using Analysis for Problem Solving ) Drug Diaries Pretest Surveys ANALYSIS
- 15. RESPONSE
- 24. Comparing pre and post samples *** p < .001 (denotes highly significant change) Question Pre-test (N=622) % responding ‘YES’ Post-test (N=348) % responding ‘YES’ Do you feel your neighborhood is safe? *** 41 82 Is there unfamiliar neighborhood disorder / activity? *** (e.g., strangers lots of cars coming at all hours) 51 15
- 25. Comparing pre and post samples *** p < .001 Question Pre-test (N=662) % responding ‘YES’ Post-test (N=348) % responding ‘YES’ Do you suspect a drug house on your block? *** 50 8 Are you more willing to call the police on suspected neighborhood problems since NAD intervened? X 79 Have you talked to your neighbors more since NAD intervened? X 54
- 26. Comparing pre and post samples Question Pre-test (N=559) % responding ‘YES’ Post-test (N=292) % responding ‘YES’ Do you support NAD? 97 98 Do you grant NAD the permission to post a sign in your front yard? 94 X
- 30. Crime Statistics Incident Pre Post Percentage Dropped Calls for Service 163 104 36% Burglaries 14 1 93% Theft 163 13 92% Vehicle Theft 5 0 100% Drugs (sales/possession) 5 3 40%
- 32. Evaluating Citizen Response to Illicit Drug Sales (NAD, Inc.) Officer Todd Priebe Sheboygan Police Department E-mail : [email_address] PH. 920/459-3341 Brandon R. Kooi, Ph.D. Chair, Aurora University E-mail: [email_address] PH. 630/844-4236
Editor's Notes
- Research on grassroots antidrug initiatives have found that some have been successful in reducing neighborhood drug activity, fear of crime, and signs of social and physical disorder. This evidence has come from both case studies and surveys of residents in neighborhoods plagued by drugs and crime. However, most of these initiatives have not been shown to be successful through evaluative research. The goal of using NAD as an informal social control mechanism that enforces social norms was to also learn from the research indicating mistakes and the successes of community antidrug initiatives and create sustainable solutions. According to various literatures, this sustainability is met when neighborhood boundaries are more clearly established, stronger sense of community through increased social interaction occurs, and reducing opportunities for the dealers through closer relations formed between the community and the police. Research clearly demonstrates that high levels of social interaction among area residents are correlated with the enhancement of informal social control. Can we increase social interaction [i.e., what Weingart (1993) and Skogan (1990) referred to as community building , and make neighborhoods more defensible?] The literature has referred to this approach as “confrontational activism” among community members and points out that these grassroots initiatives take hold and are sustainable in a community much more effectively than a top-down approach to antidrug efforts.