NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME AND JUSTICE STUDY

Dear The Sixth Ward Blog,

The Neighborhood Crime and Justice Study is currently in your neighborhood
and I would appreciate your help with advertising the study to area
residents.
This study was prompted by widespread interest in the quality of police
services in Chicago and the effectiveness of CAPS and police responses to
community problems. We will be interviewing up to 2,100 residents across
the city of Chicago.
Professional interviewers from the UIC Survey Research Laboratory will soon
be knocking on doors of randomly selected homes in Chatham and
Englewood to explain the study. All interviews are completely confidential,
and names of survey participants will not be shared with anyone.
More information about the study can be found at
http://www.srl.uic.edu/NCJS.html
We know that residents are sometimes concerned when there is an uninvited
knock on their front door. Our interviewers will have a badge that looks like
one of the following, and they will identify themselves as being there for the

Neighborhood Crime and Justice Study.

If you have any questions, you can reach Dr. Skogan at

skogan@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3395. Or you can reach the UIC
Project Director, Jennifer Parsons, at jparsons@uic.edu or 312-413-0216.
Thank you for your help reassuring residents of your community of the
legitimacy and importance of this study.