[Community_garden] Community_garden Digest, Vol 389, Issue 2

Sun Mar 9 18:35:52 EDT 2008

Check out this attached article about Community garden work in Philly

also the work by DSNI.org in Boston..shows how "Community building" work lowers all crime indicators.....scan their website and look for the research paper on  their 25+ year efforts...that includes lots of community gardens etc

luv yall

jim embry
www.sustainlex.org
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>   1. Community gardeners and crime reduction (ellen kirby)
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>   3. Re: do gardens reduce crime? (Amy)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:32:38 -0500
>From: "ellen kirby" <ellen.kirby at gmail.com>
>Subject: [Community_garden] Community gardeners and crime reduction
>To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
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>In response to Miriam Avin's inquiry about community gardens and crime
>reduction you might want to search for a  a well publicized study  "On Crime
>as Science (A Neighbor at a Time").
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>Susan Fields, Manager of Community Horticulture for Brooklyn Botanic Garden
>describes it as follows:
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>*"The NY Times summarized the article in its January 6, 2004 "On Crime as
>Science (A Neighbor At a Time)"  and it profiled the work of Harvard
>researcher Dr. Felton Earls on 'collective efficacy'.  This is an idea that
>a community's health and its ability to positively and effectively address
>crime and other social distressors is based on how effectively
>organized/networked/motivated/cohesive neighbors are within the community.
>In the article he highlights how a community garden is more than just what
>you see ? pretty green space/ food/etc ? it is the relationships formed and
>the group's feeling that they can accomplish things together ? that
>demonstrate the power of collective efficacy."   *
>* *
>To find a full copy of the NYTimes article you can search the
>www.NYtimes.com <http://www.nytimes.com/> or you can google Felton Earls and
>find plenty of references to this article.
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>As many community gardeners can testify,is that when people are gardening
>"in community" they get to know each other, they are more visible on the
>street and they watch out for each other.  These are benefits for many
>reason but do relate to crime reduction.
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>Also, if you go to the ACGA website at www.communitygarden.com  then
>research, you will find a group of studies that might relate.  ACGA has in
>its archives a lot of material on research and, if you need further info,
>you might just contact the ACGA office and they can put you in touch with
>the Research Committee.  When I was on the ACGA board we had an very active
>committee led by Amanda Edmunds.
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>Finally, several years ago I believe there was a study on the subject
>related to urban forests in Chicago and the impact of trees on community
>health/crime reduction.  I am not sure how to find that study but someone in
>our list serve may have a link to it.
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>Good luck in your efforts.  Let the rest of us know what you discover.  It
>is an extremely important topic.
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>
>Ellen Kirby
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>Message: 2
>Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 07:48:22 -0800 (PST)
>From: Connie = <inadcon at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [Community_garden] Reduce Crime
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>I have not studied this ubject but also have opinions:
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>  1. People usually won't steal from friends (unless they are very socially depraived)
>  If they become friends with other gardeners, they try to gain trust and to a certain extent reduce their costs of eating, making it less likely they would feel like stealing.
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>  2 Reduction of boredom. Not many folks who are serious about gardening would be bored very often, lots to do when you garden.
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>  3. Jail studies with gardens (and pets) show that when you give a person something to care about, and something to love, they are many times calmed down and violence is reduced.
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>  I know these won't help specifically for your paper but might give you a few ideas on which to check.
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>  Connie
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>Message: 3
>Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:14:02 -0500
>From: Amy <stringrrl at optonline.net>
>Subject: Re: [Community_garden] do gardens reduce crime?
>To: 'Miriam Avins' <mavins at erols.com>,
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>Check out Cornell University research:
>http://www.gardenmosaics.cornell.edu/pgs/aboutus/materials/Culturing_Communi
>ty_Development.PDF
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>Good luck!
>Amy
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>[mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of
>Miriam Avins
>Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:10 PM
>To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
>Subject: [Community_garden] do gardens reduce crime?
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>Hi, everyone,
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>I'm working on a paper about Baltimore's need for a land trust for 
>community-managed open space. Can any of you help me find academic 
>studies of how community gardens (and other open spaces managed by 
>communities) reduce crime and other social ills? I've seen plenty of 
>studies on the general topic of greening and a reduction in social 
>ills, but nothing specific to community gardens. Can any of you wise 
>folks give me a reference?
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>Thank you so much!
>
>regards,
>
>Miriam
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>Miriam Avins
>Homestead Harvest Community Garden
>and Baltimore Green Space
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