TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE: A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING PATROL ACTIVITIES; METHODS OF GATHERING EVIDENCE ABOUT PATROLS; THE PATROL EXPERIENCE; AND FURTHER RESEARCH. THE STUDY REVEALED THAT CONTEMPORARY RESIDENT PATROLS SHARE A GENERAL EMPHASIS ON RESIDENTIAL CRIME PREVENTION; THERE APPEAR TO BE NUMEROUS PATROLS AROUND THE COUNTRY IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF VARIED INCOME AND RACIAL COMPOSITION; AND THAT CONTEMPORARY PATROLS VARY WIDELY IN COST, BUT MOST ARE OPERATED ON A SMALL BUDGET AND ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. OTHER FINDINGS DISCLOSE THAT BUILDING PATROLS SEEMED TO BE EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING CRIME; CONTEMPORARY RESIDENT PATROLS ARE OCCASIONALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO VIGILANTISM, WITH NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS, APPEARING TO BE MORE SO INCLINED THAN BUILDING PATROLS; PUBLIC HOUSING PATROLS DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM OTHERS; AND SEVERAL IMPLEMENTATION FACTORS INFLUENCE A PATROL'S ABILITY TO OPERATE AND ACHIEVE ITS GOALS (PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION, AND BUREAUCRATIZATION).