CONTROLLING DRUG AND DISORDER PROBLEMS - THE ROLE OF PLACE MANAGERS

This article explores the role of place managers in controlling drug a nd disorder problems on 100 street blocks in Oakland California. We us e self-reports from a sample of place managers to explore their role i n changing the social and physical conditions of street-block activity within the context of a randomized field trial in Oakland. On-site ob servations of the changes in the social and physical conditions of 100 street blocks were conducted and used as our outcome measures. Our re sults suggest that street blocks where place managers engaged in colle ctive crime control activities had significantly fewer signs of disord er and greater levels of civil behavior Our results also show that com munity cohesiveness on a street block was associated with fewer males selling drugs.