Emory University Restoration Strategies of Weed and Seed Program Report

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Weed and Seed Program

Supporting Lectures:

  • Neighborhood Restoration
  • Social Structure Theorie


The "Weed and Seed" program was a Federal grant initiative that sought to revitalize cities around the country. This competitive grant program combined law enforcement strategies with community development and was used in hundreds of cities around the country. The Office of Justice Programs ran this program for a number of years until further funding was denied. A subsequent program, known as the Byrne Criminal Justice Initiative, addresses many of the same goals.

Prepare a report analyzing the Weed and Seed program. Your report should address the following points:

  • Review the program's history. How did it come about? How many cities were impacted?
  • Describe the goals of the program and indicate how the goals and methods of the program align with the theories presented in this course.
  • Explain which restoration strategies of the Weed and Seed program are congruent with the ideas of social control theory and social disorganization theory.
  • Analyze whether the neighborhood crime factors that the Weed and Seed program identifies can be legitimately handled by police. Which of these need the involvement of other groups and agencies within the community? Why?
  • The Bureau of Justice Assistance and other Department of Justice sites have reports documenting the program. Select a city that was served by the Weed and Seed program. Assess how successful the program was, in terms of reducing crime rates.

Based on your understanding of neighborhood crimes, what five suggestions would you recommend for better results from the Weed and Seed program? Provide a rationale to support your recommendations.

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Review of the Program’s History
The weed and seed program was an initiative by the U.S. Department of justice in
response to increase in crime rates in many cities. By employing a variety of strategies, the weed
and seed program intended to combat crime by bringing offenders into account while at the same
time addressing the structural factors in neighborhoods that stimulate the development of crime.
The historical foundation of the weed and seed programs were several programs that had been
initiated in a number of cities and which were deemed to have been successful in addressing
particular crimes. Such programs include Philadelphia’s Violent Traffickers Project. Results
from a host of studies focusing on neighborhood crimes as well as practical experiences also
informed the inception of the weed and seed program (Roehl et al., 1996). The program’s scope
of coverage was wide. It was first implemented in three cities, Kansas, Omaha, and Trenton.
However, by 2003, data from the Office of Justice Programs indicated that the program had been
implemented in more than 300 crime-intensive neighborhoods across the country (Liley, 2015).
A salient feature of the weed and seed program was its community-orientation and multi-agency
based approach to addressing crimes in neighborhoods. While the program collapsed due to
funding problems, insights into its operation and outcomes can be leveraged to enhance the
effectiveness of its successor, the Byrne Criminal Justice Initiative.
Goals and Methods of the Program
The weed and seed program had three goals. First, the program aimed to develop an
elaborate strategy to control and deter violent crimes, drug trafficking, and gang operations
through the joint efforts of the police and prosecutor’s office. Secondly, the program was geared
towards coordinating existing community resources as well as establishing new initiatives to

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restore communities and offer measures for intervention, treatment, and prevention of violent
crimes and drug abuse. Third, third goal of the program was to employ community-policing
initiative...


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