Abstract:
East Anchorage is currently the only site in Alaska under the nationwide
Weed & Seed initiative, which is intended to “weed out”
criminals who undermine quality of life for community residents in high-crime
neighborhoods and to “seed in” positive practices, programs
and institutions that contribute to a better quality of life for neighborhoods.
The East Anchorage Weed & Seed site, located in a racially and ethnically
diverse neighborhood in the northeast part of Anchorage, had an estimated
population in 2001 of more than 20,000 people living in nearly 7,600 households.
On behalf of East Anchorage Weed & Seed, the Justice Center conducted
a community survey designed to evaluate Northeast community residents’
level of satisfaction with their neighborhood as a place to live, specifically
with regards to residents' feelings about neighborhood safety, neighborhood
crime levels, criminal victimization, police activity in the neighborhood,
and the availability of social services. This report present results of
the survey, to which a total of 275 respondents in the Northeast community
responded.
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