The Status Of NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH in Virginia â D
The Status Of NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH in Virginia â D
The Status Of NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH in Virginia â D
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LOCATION OF ACTIVE NW PROGRAMS<br />
<strong>The</strong> location and reported activity levels of sponsored 2002 NW groups are presented <strong>in</strong> Map 1.<br />
SPONSORS <strong>NEIGHBORHOOD</strong> <strong>WATCH</strong><br />
Groups Mostly or Very active<br />
Groups 50–50 Active and Inactive<br />
Luray<br />
Warrenton<br />
Vienna<br />
Harrisonburg<br />
Manassas<br />
Broadway<br />
Manassas Park<br />
Groups Mostly or Very Inactive<br />
Page<br />
Rock<strong>in</strong>gham<br />
Culpeper<br />
Dumfries<br />
Bridgewater Elkton Madison Culpeper Stafford<br />
Does not Sponsor NW<br />
Highland<br />
Grottoes<br />
K<strong>in</strong>g George<br />
Augusta<br />
Greene Orange<br />
Orange Spotsylvania<br />
Westmoreland<br />
Staunton<br />
Fredericksburg<br />
Tappahannock<br />
Bath<br />
Albemarle<br />
Waynesboro<br />
Clifton Forge<br />
Carol<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Northumberland<br />
Charlottesville Louisa<br />
Cov<strong>in</strong>gton<br />
Colonial Beach Ch<strong>in</strong>coteaque<br />
Lex<strong>in</strong>gton<br />
Essex<br />
V<strong>in</strong>ton<br />
Rockbridge<br />
Hanover<br />
West Po<strong>in</strong>t<br />
Nelson Fluvanna<br />
K<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Alleghany<br />
Buena Vista<br />
Ashland<br />
William K<strong>in</strong>g Lancaster<br />
Queen<br />
&<br />
Amherst<br />
Glen Lyn<br />
Botetourt<br />
Buck<strong>in</strong>gham<br />
Middlesex<br />
Amherst<br />
Powhatan<br />
Blacksburg<br />
New<br />
Mathews<br />
Haysi<br />
Craig<br />
Richmond Henrico Kent<br />
Pearisburg<br />
Bedford<br />
Charles James<br />
Northampton<br />
Pound<br />
Bluefield Dubl<strong>in</strong><br />
Narrows<br />
Tazewell<br />
Salem<br />
Appomattox<br />
Amelia Chesterfield<br />
Buchanan<br />
Lynchburg<br />
City City<br />
Giles<br />
Roanoke<br />
Hopewell<br />
Montgomery<br />
Pr<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
Williamsburg<br />
Bedford<br />
Dickenson<br />
Campbell<br />
Tazewell<br />
Christiansburg<br />
Edward Nottoway<br />
Pr<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
York<br />
Wise<br />
Bland<br />
Roanoke<br />
Norton<br />
Altavista<br />
Crewe<br />
Colonial Heights George Surry<br />
Poquoson<br />
Richlands<br />
Russell<br />
Pulaski Radford<br />
Blackstone<br />
Charlotte<br />
Petersburg<br />
Wise<br />
Frankl<strong>in</strong><br />
Hampton<br />
Big Stone Gap<br />
St. Paul<br />
Smyth<br />
Wythe<br />
D<strong>in</strong>widdie Waverly<br />
Lebanon<br />
Smithfield<br />
Newport News<br />
Wytheville<br />
Floyd<br />
Rocky Mt.<br />
Lunenburg<br />
Saltville<br />
Sussex<br />
Isle of<br />
Norfolk<br />
Penn<strong>in</strong>gton Gap<br />
Halifax<br />
Scott<br />
Marion<br />
Wight<br />
Portsmouth<br />
Wash<strong>in</strong>gton<br />
Carroll<br />
Chase City<br />
Lee<br />
Pittsylvania<br />
Halifax<br />
Brunswick<br />
Bristol<br />
Grayson<br />
Henry<br />
Virg<strong>in</strong>ia Beach<br />
Gate City<br />
Patrick<br />
Mecklenburg<br />
Suffolk Chesapeake<br />
Galax<br />
Emporia<br />
South Boston<br />
Mart<strong>in</strong>sville<br />
Southampton<br />
Ab<strong>in</strong>gdon<br />
Danville<br />
Greensville<br />
Jonesville<br />
Chilhowie<br />
Pulaski<br />
South Hill<br />
Frankl<strong>in</strong><br />
Hillsville<br />
Strasburg<br />
Woodstock<br />
W<strong>in</strong>chester<br />
Frederick<br />
Front Royal<br />
Shenandoah Warren Fauquier<br />
Rappahannock<br />
Cumberland<br />
Berryville<br />
Clarke<br />
Goochland<br />
Purcellville<br />
Loudoun<br />
Leesburg<br />
Pr<strong>in</strong>ce Fairfax<br />
William<br />
Falls Church<br />
Fairfax<br />
Arl<strong>in</strong>gton<br />
Alexandria<br />
Herndon<br />
Richmond<br />
Gloucester<br />
Accomack<br />
STRENGTH OF THE NW CONCEPT<br />
<strong>The</strong> doubl<strong>in</strong>g of the number of NW groups s<strong>in</strong>ce 1983 and the substantial number of groups considered<br />
very or mostly active <strong>in</strong>dicates that many Virg<strong>in</strong>ia law enforcement agencies (and associated NW<br />
groups) overcame forces generally thought to have weakened NW <strong>in</strong> the 1990s. <strong>The</strong> primary forces<br />
cited are:<br />
• the fact that citizen <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> NW rises and falls with the crime rate, coupled<br />
with the fact that there was a gradual and substantial reduction <strong>in</strong> crime <strong>in</strong> the<br />
1990s.<br />
• there has been and cont<strong>in</strong>ues to be an ag<strong>in</strong>g out of the leaders who founded the<br />
NW groups and who kept them active <strong>in</strong> the 1970s and 1980s, and<br />
• the fact that younger generations are less likely to <strong>in</strong>volve themselves with their<br />
residential communities. Many neighborhoods are now populated by <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly<br />
mobile, two-<strong>in</strong>come earner families whose members lack the time, energy and<br />
motivation to work on community problems.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se hypotheses cannot be tested directly by our data but were supported and voiced <strong>in</strong> the comments<br />
offered by agency contact persons.<br />
PERCENT OF NW COORDINATORS THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND SUMMONED — 81%<br />
One hundred-six (106) contact persons estimated the percentage of their NW group coord<strong>in</strong>ators that<br />
could be identified by name and, if necessary, called upon for assistance. <strong>The</strong> average estimate was<br />
81%. For the most part, sponsor agencies have records that would allow them to contact current NW<br />
group leaders.<br />
THE STATUS OF <strong>NEIGHBORHOOD</strong> <strong>WATCH</strong> IN VIRGINIA<br />
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