HOUSING MANAGEMENT - FIGHTING CRIME WITHOUT MORE LOCKS AN ECONOMICAL APPROACH TO SECURITY

• NCJ Number: 38979
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 14 pages
• Contract Number(s): H-1807
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Housing and Urban Development
• Corporate Author: Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ONE OF A SERIES OF DOCUMENTS RESULTING FROM THE THREE YEAR PUBLIC HOUSING MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, (PHMIP) THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RICHMOND (VA) 'OPERATION IDENTIFICATION' PROGRAM.

Abstract

THE PHMIP WAS AIMED AT DEVELOPING, TESTING, AND EVALUATING HOUSING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND APPROACHES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PUBLIC HOUSING. RICHMOND, WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE PMHIP, FOUND SECURITY TO BE A MAJOR CAUSE OF CONCERN FOR RESIDENTS OF ONE OF THE CITY'S LOW RENT HOUSING COMMUNITIES. AS A RESULT, AN 'OPERATION IDENTIFICATION' PROGRAM WAS INITIATED. THIS PROJECT INVOLVED ENGRAVING OWNERS' SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON PRINCIPAL APPLIANCES AND VALUABLES, PLACING DECALS AT THE FRONT AND REAR OF DWELLINGS TO INDICATE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM, AND FILING LISTS OF IDENTIFIED ITEMS WITH THE POLICE. IT IS REPORTED THAT IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT WAS IMPLEMENTED, OPERATION IDENTIFICATION REDUCED REPORTED BREAK-INS BY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT. INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED, THE PROGRAM BENEFITS, AND THE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT....DMC