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Download full textFowler, Floyd J., Jr.; And Others – 1979
The Hartford project, an experimental effort to reduce residential burglary, street robberies, and fear of those crimes in an urban residential neighborhood, is described. Its most distinctive feature is its integrative approach in which police, community organization, and physical design changes were used to increase the willingness and ability…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Crime, Neighborhood Improvement
Brazier, Arthur M. – 1969
The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) is a community organization on the south side of Chicago which grew out of cooperative efforts of clergymen in the area, members of the Greater Woodlawn Pastor's Alliance, in 1959. TWO's approach to community problems, influenced by the thinking of Saul Alinsky, was directly to confront unfair business practices,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Church Role, Community Organizations, Community Programs
