{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "Established in 1994, Project ROAR (Reclaiming Our Area\r\nResidences) is a public housing drug-crime elimination program\r\nsponsored by the Spokane Police Department and the Spokane Housing\r\nAuthority. This study was undertaken to examine and evaluate the\r\neffects and outcomes of Project ROAR as it was implemented in the\r\nParsons' Public Housing Complex, located in downtown Spokane,\r\nWashington. In addition, the study sought to determine to what extent\r\nthe project as implemented reflected Project ROAR as originally\r\nconceived, and whether Project ROAR could be considered a\r\ncomprehensive community policing crime prevention program. Further,\r\nthe study attempted to determine what effects this collaborative\r\nanti-crime program might have on: (1) residents' perceptions of the\r\nquality of their neighborhood life, including perceptions of\r\nneighborhood inhabitants, satisfaction with their neighborhood, fear\r\nof crime, and neighborhood physical and social disorder, (2) objective\r\nmeasures of physical and social disorder, (3) levels of neighborhood\r\ncrime, and (4) subjective perceptions of the level and quality of\r\npolicing services. To assess the implementation and short-term impacts\r\nof Project ROAR, data were collected from various sources. First, four\r\nwaves of face-to-face interviews were conducted with Parsons' Public\r\nHousing residents at approximately six-month intervals: April 1994,\r\nDecember 1994, May 1995, and November 1995 (Part 1, Public Housing\r\nResidents Survey Data). Information collected from interviews with the\r\nParsons' residents focused on their involvement with Project ROAR,\r\ncommunity block watches, and tenant councils. Residents commented on\r\nwhether there had been any changes in the level of police presence,\r\ndrug-related crimes, prostitution, or any other physical or social\r\nchanges in their neighborhood since the inception of Project\r\nROAR. Residents were asked to rate their satisfaction with the housing\r\ncomplex, the neighborhood, the Spokane Police Department, the number\r\nof police present in the neighborhood, and the level of police\r\nservice. Residents were also asked if they had been the victim of any\r\ncrimes and to rate their level of fear of crime in the complex during\r\nthe day and night, pre- and post-Project ROAR. The gender and age of\r\neach survey participant was also recorded. The second source of data\r\nwas a city-wide survey mailed to the residents of Spokane (Part 2,\r\nSpokane Citizens Survey Data). Information collected from the survey\r\nincludes demographics on ethnicity, gender, age, highest level of\r\neducation, present occupation, and family income. The city residents\r\nwere also asked to assess the level of police service, the number of\r\npolice present in their neighborhood, the helpfulness of neighbors,\r\nwhether they felt safe alone in their neighborhood, and overall\r\nsatisfaction with their neighborhood. Third, a block-level physical\r\nand social disorder inventory was taken in April 1994, October 1994,\r\nApril 1994, and October 1995 (Part 3, Neighborhood Inventory\r\nData). The sex, age, and behavior of the first ten people observed\r\nduring the inventory period were recorded, as well as the number of\r\npeople observed loitering. Other observations made included the number\r\nof panhandlers, prostitutes, open drug sales, and displays of public\r\ndrunkenness. The number of residential and commercial properties,\r\nrestaurants, bars, office buildings, empty lots, unboarded and boarded\r\nabandoned buildings, potholes, barriers (walls or fences), abandoned\r\ncars, and for-sale signs, along with the amount of graffiti on public\r\nand private properties and the amount of litter and broken glass\r\nobserved in each neighborhood, completed the inventory data. Finally,\r\ncrime reports were collected from the Spokane Police Department's\r\nCrime Analysis Unit (Part 4, Disaggregated Crime Data, and Part 5,\r\nAggregated Crime Data). These data contain monthly counts of robberies\r\nand burglaries for the public housing neighborhood, a constructed\r\ncontrolled comparison neighborhood, and the city of Spokane for the\r\nperiod January 1, 1992, through December 31, 1995.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02628.v1", "title": "Reducing Disorder, Fear, and Crime in Public Housing: Evaluation of a Drug-Crime Elimination Program in Spokane, Washington, 1992-1995"}], "identifier": "3715", "issued": "2000-05-01T00:00:00", "keyword": ["community involvement", "community policing", "crime prevention", "crime reduction", "drug law offenses", "fear of crime", "neighborhood characteristics", "neighborhood conditions", "neighborhoods", "perceptions", "police response", "program evaluation", "public housing", "residen"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2006-03-30T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Reducing Disorder, Fear, and Crime in Public Housing: Evaluation of a Drug-Crime Elimination Program in Spokane, Washington, 1992-1995"}