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Fighting Back: Neighborhood Antidrug Strategies

NCJ Number
161621
Author(s)
R C Davis; A J Lurigio
Date Published
1996
Length
149 pages
Annotation
This book examines the characteristics of the partnerships that police and grassroots citizen groups are forming to prevent and discourage drug dealing in neighborhoods.
Abstract
One chapter reports data on people's willingness to call the police and the risks involved in choosing that alternative. It also discusses what the police do with citizen reports of drug activity. Another chapter explores indigenous community antidrug programs, from antidrug rallies to citizen patrols to education interventions. This chapter also describes the conditions necessary to implement community antidrug efforts, the critical role of strong program leaders, and the characteristics of communities that have undertaken citizens' initiatives. A chapter examines implanted community antidrug programs. In contrast to indigenous efforts, implanted programs are established with outside funds and are organized from outside the community. The four programs discussed are Community Responses to Drug Abuse Program, Community Partnership Program, Fighting Back, and Weed and Seed. Remaining chapters address police efforts to combat illegal drug use and trafficking, police drug-house abatement programs, and what is known about neighborhood approaches to combating illegal drugs. 215 references