The Neighborhood Watch: One of the most effective crime prevention tools being utilized today is the Neighborhood Watch. The Neighborhood Watch was designed to help strengthen the relationships between neighbors and in the process build community wide crime prevention. Law enforcement officials have for years relied on the community to assist in apprehending criminals after the crime has been committed. With a Neighborhood Watch, this assistance is proactive instead of reactive, meaning that the watch …showed first 75 words of 1267 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1267 total…to look at these two types of crime prevention programs because I think that they are very important in the future of crime prevention. Neighborhood watches are valuable to help stop a crime in progress, where as the school programs prevent crimes from happening by teaching children the right ways to act. Bibliography 1. Crime Prevention Mathis, Wayne LT. 2. Crime Prevention Services Arkansas Crime Info Center 3. National Crime Prevention Council 4. School Based Crime Prevention Gottfredson, Denise