CRIME, AND THE FEAR OF SUCH, AFFECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ‘…concern about crime has bad consequences for the neighborhood’s in which we live. Fear leads to withdrawal from public life, and it undermines informal and organized efforts by the community to control crime and delinquency. It is difficult to organize activities in neighborhoods where people fear their own neighbors. Fear undermines the value of residential property and thus the willingness of owners to maintain it properly. When customers—and even employees—fear entering a commercial area, the viability of businesses located there is threatened.’-study by the United States Department of Justice and Kutztown University 2010
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