Another Tale of Two Cities: Neighborhood Watch from Ann Arbor to Baghdad

Abstract

Neighbors watching out for the welfare of neighbors is as old as the humanity, itself. When strong systems for neighborly assistance are in place, secure and happy (or improving) neighborhoods are the result. The associated files (zipped) illustrate one effort to comment on this idea using data from two disparate situations: Ann Arbor, Michigan, where systematic neighborhood watch networks have been in place for 50 years (since about 1967) and Baghdad, Iraq, where systematic neighborhood watch networks are newly emerging social structures.