[BOOK][B] Community Perceptions of Brownsville: A Survey of Neighborhood Quality of Life, Safety, and Services
S Hynynen - 2011 - ojp.gov
Eighty percent of residents identified guns, gangs, drug use, drug selling, and assault as the
top community problems. The top five quality-of-life issues were identified as obesity and
other public health problems, homelessness, public drinking, garbage removal, and run-
down public spaces. Residents viewed the primary problems of community youth as
unemployment, few adult role models, drug use, drug selling, and teen pregnancy. Some
common themes in responses about what can be done to reduce juvenile crime and …
top community problems. The top five quality-of-life issues were identified as obesity and
other public health problems, homelessness, public drinking, garbage removal, and run-
down public spaces. Residents viewed the primary problems of community youth as
unemployment, few adult role models, drug use, drug selling, and teen pregnancy. Some
common themes in responses about what can be done to reduce juvenile crime and …