Explain Why Some Neighborhoodss Experience Low Or No Crime

Some neighborhoods experience low or no crime at all. In these neighborhoods the same approach is used by police agencies Stable neighborhood, stable single family and stable apartments. The approach used is "simple visibility" (Hoover, 2014) In these neighborhoods residents rarely even think about crime, but do notice when things are out of place and in most cases report them as simply something that should be checked by the police. Residents do want to see police presence in these neighborhoods and in some cases it requires police commanders to remind their patrols that they need to have the occasional police presence in these neighborhoods to ensure that criminals are aware that these areas are not forgotten. Another approach is involving apartment

(Katz, Webb, & Schaefer, 2001). Officers were not used for calls for service and remained in the targeted areas. These officers were called "neighborhood response team officers" (Hoover, 2014) These officers used bicycles and unmarked vehicles for surveillance of drug trafficking, prostitution, gang activity and suspicious persons. "Saturation patrol" (Hoover, 2014) or flooding the area with officers. In extreme cases were the officers want to take back the streets they had to be careful not to mandate zero tolerance crackdowns were even the smallest of crimes were enforced. The risk was victimizing the victims. The best strategy was surgical zero tolerance, were the more serious crimes were targeted. Finally this approach included "interactive programs" (Hoover, 2014) which included apartment management and ownership. Agencies discovered that most of the apartment complexes were not owned by locals but but outside ownership. In some cases these owners were not willing to cooperate with the police for fear of retaliation from the