Fighting Back

Neighborhood Antidrug Strategies

Robert C. Davis, Arthur J. Lurigio

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 1996
• Print ISBN:
  9780803971134
  9780803971127
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781452247106
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Criminology
• Index: Social Sciences

Robert C. Davis and Arthur J. Lurigio present a balanced and reasoned review of what citizens, with the help of police and other authorities, can do to reduce drug-related crime in their neighborhoods. The message is timely, clear, helpful, and hopeful. Fighting Back successfully brings together recent and emerging research in community antidrug efforts (indigenous and implanted), police-based strategies, and civil abatement procedures. The authors examine what is and what is not working to mitigate one of America?s most pressing social problems--neighborhood-based drug trafficking. --Janice A. Roehl, Ph.D., Vice President, Institute for Social Analysis, Pacific Grove, California "Fighting Back is a delightful book and will add significantly to the field. It is the first comprehensive book that covers different strategies used to restore order and health to our troubled communities. Because the book covers a number of strategies, it is relevant to many different disciplines. . . . Its breath is refreshing and offers a perspective of hope in a field that is often filled with ?doom and gloom.? This book is useful to a wide audience to learn about programs that address this problem." --Faye S. Taxman, University of Maryland at College Park Illicit drugs continue to pose a serious challenge to society, particularly inner-city communities. Featuring the latest empirical research, Fighting Back takes a close look at the partnerships law enforcement and grassroots citizen groups are forming to prevent and discourage drug dealing. The authors thoroughly examine police-based, citizen-based, and shared responsibility strategies through case studies, citing never-before published or newly released investigations. Using an eclectic, multidisciplinary approach, Robert C. Davis and Arthur J. Lurigio provide a detailed discussion of both theoretical and programmatic issues critical to this ongoing social problem. With an emphasis on how drug use and related crime and violence affect the well-being and vitality of neighborhoods, this volume offers informed and hopeful observations for effective, cooperative strategies for restoring drug-affected communities. Professionals and students in many different disciplines--including law enforcement, corrections, criminal justice, community psychology, sociology, urban affairs, and public policy--will find Fighting Back a comprehensive resource on the cooperative efforts of citizenry and the law to curtail drug dealing.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Drug Use in Inner Cities
• The Link Between Drugs and Crime
• Impact of Drugs on Communities
• Conceptualizations of Drug Markets
• Why Street-Level Antidrug Strategies Are Important
• Neighborhood-Level Enforcement of Drug Laws
• A Conceptualization of Neighborhood Antidrug Responses
• Contents of This Volume
• Chapter 2 - Citizen Reporting of Drug Activity
• Citizens' Willingness to Report Crime
• Data on Citizens' Drug Reporting
• How the Police Process Drug Complaints
• New Reporting Modalities
• Profile of a Successful Program:The Philadelphia Police Department
• Response to Drug Reports
• Chapter 3 - Community Antidrug Efforts
• The Origins of Community Antidrug Efforts in the 1970s Community AnticrimeMovement
• The Development of Community Antidrug Programs in the Late 1980s and 1990s
• Community Antidrug Initiatives
• Origins of Community AntidrugInitiatives
• Integration of Community Antidrug Efforts With Larger Efforts to Fight Drugs
• Do Community Antidrug Initiatives Make a Difference?
• Issues for Future Research
• Profile of a Successful Program:Philadelphia's Let's Clean It Up
• Chapter 4 - Implanted Community Antidrug Programs
• Community Responses to Drug Abuse(CRDA)
• Community Partnership Demonstration Program
• Fighting Back Program
• Weed and Seed Initiative
• What Have Implanted Antidrug Programs Achieved?
• Profile of a Successful Program: Hartford AreasRally Together (HART)
• Chapter 5 - Police Antidrug Efforts
• Police Enforcement Strategies
• Professional Policing Tactics
• Community-Police Drug Enforcement Programs
• Comprehensive Law Enforcement Approaches
• Profile of a Successful Program: Hartford's COMPASS Program
• Chapter 6 - Drug House Abatement Programs
• Varieties of Abatement Programs
• Effectiveness of Abatement Programs
• The Question of Fairness
• Some Concerns and Some Solutions
• Profile of a Successful Program: Milwaukee's Drug Abatement Team
• Chapter 7 - Conclusion
• The Success of Neighborhood Antidrug Programs
• Pitfalls for Neighborhood Antidrug Efforts
• Addressing the Roots of the Drug Problem
• References
• Index
• About the Authors