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Flint, MI - Safety in Middle Neighborhoods: A Placemaking Approach with Measurable Impact 

The overarching theory behind placemaking for crime prevention includes the idea that crime tends to beopportunistic: it is easier for crime to take place in spaces that are absent of more positive activities andundefended by resident or law enforcement.

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A Placemaking Approach to Crime Prevention
The program aimed to reduce property crime, drug-related crime, and blight while increasing community participation.
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