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Grant To Reduce Fear Of Crime In Neighborhoods 11k National Institute of Justice (NU) has swarded the Police Foundation $1,890,534 to conduct an 18-month mw Iiiwmc designed to reduce the fear of crime in 'iimercity ntagmmcuomg, preserve commercial vitality in these areas, and, possibly, ; have an effect on the crime rate itself. __ . Attorney General Will-' Ism French Smith an nounced the award today with Jamies K. Stewart, NU Director, in a cere mony at the Newark, NJ ; City Han. Also in Mien dance were New Jersey : Governor Thomas Kwn . Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson, Newark Police Director Hubert Wiliams, and Police Foundation Pre sident Patrick V. Murphy. The experimental - pro grams will be undertaken ' simultaneously in Newark and another city to be Attorney General Smith said the Justice Depart • ment will be walcing the pilot programs carefully. Stewart said the experi ments will focus on conch hoods that generate few ^ among the r—M—«■ and provide an environment in which crime thrives. “In the next few ^ months,” Stewart said, “Newark Police Depart ment officials and Police Foundation researchers win be enlisting the help of --the hiwlnui nj(T and private «•»«■—i in formulating strategies to ratface dtiarns fear of:' crime. These strategies *hould be developed by June or July and then given . actual testing for 12 months.” Stewart, a former Oak land, California, police of -^ M said that {‘as every potto* officer knows, the — tear of crime contributes WITH JAMES CUTHBERTSON 555 * i y | I greatly to a boat of urban Ola: the deterioration of neighborhoods, the ckying up of commercial activi ties. and a fortress men tality among cithens that leads to ■haw*—.— of city streets by the law abiders.” Stewart said the experi ments, wfll test the premise that a neighborhood whose character is within the con trol of the people who live there is generally a safer neighborhood. . “The overall effort,” Stewart said, “is based on the belief that a commun ity’s fefer of crime may itself be a major factor in the health and fuhwe of the city. The apprehension about crime weakens the fabric of an urban neighborhood’s social and economic life. “Police which work closely with representatives of the local neighborhoods and which expand their concern for crime incidents to also in clude order problems can reduce unwarranted CltiZJCIl fpdr #>111*1 g ^ people to reclaim^thSf streets and cammunttiee.” The central purpose of the experiments will be to test strategies for fear of crime in a set of representative and sta tistically comparable 9 •oner-city neighborhoods. A corollary objective win be to test the effect of the same strategies on the business life of the neigh ,-coupon Must Be Presented- - ■ r If your clothes aren't becomin* to you. then they should be coming to US I 50% Off Mon.-Wed. Only 25% OW Thurs., Fri., &Sot. •4.00 Mininum After Discount We Dye Leathers 11 We Ciean Suedes 11 Expert Alterations Available. 2133 Beatties Ford Rd. (university Park Shopping Center.) 392-4092 - * - - T • Expires 2-1S83* - - - - - ..* — hnrhoods. To test these genera] theories the study will examine severs] related -can united efforts by the police and community re duce disorderly behavior in public spaces and so re verse an atmosphae that suggests nobody circs of ^ these factors have a direct effect on reducing fear of crime and perceptions of a neighborhood as unsafe? ./ -win the reduction of fear of crime have a direct effect on reducing serious crime itself, on the premise that a neighborhood that is not fearful may attract less crime? -will a reduction in serious crime, if any, re duce public fear of crime? -win reduction of fear increase a neighborhood’s commercial activity? “Police alone cannot begin to rebuild commun ities demoralized by fear. If they are truly to keep the peace, police must work in tandem with dtjaera and aU branches of locar go venuhent that contribute to the t»—h*i of the community. ..Heman R. dark, aecre ——-:— tary of the North Caratina Department of Crime Con trol and Public Safety, an nounced that preliminary figures show that the State Highway ' Patrol made more than 50,000 DUI ar rests in 1982 while traffic fatalities (hopped by 199 wben compared to 1981. . "This. the second lar gest drop in traffic fatali ties from one year to the next since 1943 wben the speed limit was 35 miles per hour, gas and tires rationed and there were other restrictions as a result of World War n,” said Clark. "The largest decline was in 1974 when traffic fatali ties were 307 less than the previous year. The 55 miles per hour speed limit went into effect in 1974 hrraiwe of the gas crisis,” he added. The last year that state traffic fatalities dipped below 1,300 was in 1981. Clark credited the decline in port to the anti drunk driving campaign •pesrheoded by Governor Jim Hunt and his Task FOrce on Drunken Driving. The AAA-Carolina Motor Club is introducing a new alcohol education program .aimed at elementary 1 1 school students in both Carolina*. Galled “Starting Early,” the instruction program looks at the drinking issue from a child’s perspective. It contains seven teaching modules, one for each grade level from kinder garten through the sixth grade. The program is cur rently available to all vfciwih nil oa—nunlty • groups, according to the motor club. Ite curriculum was de veloped by Dr. James Mal fetti at Columbia Univers ity. The “Starting .Early” curriculum, according to tbe motor club, will help young people be better prepared for dealing with alcohol related situations because -gain knowledge about bow alcohol influences the mind and body. -receive encouragement to explore attitudes about alcohol consumption. -plan and act out ways, under adult supervision, to cope with, or avoid, situa tions where alcohol is involved. A pilot project aimed at promoting racial and eth nic understanding among high school students in this ethnically diverse area will be launched next Sep tember, it was announced by the Miami Chapter of the American Jewish Com mittee and the Cuban Na tional Planning Council, the cosponsors of the pro gram. -The project, “Hands Across the Campus,” is modeled on a program de veloped in 1981 by AJC s Los Angeles Chapter Read The Po6T~ RICHARD PRYOR JACKIE GLEASON ——————_ _ BUMPS) i r
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