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Issue 5: Safe Communities/Healthy Environment Issues
- The number of students who have shoplifted once in the past twelve months has increased in all grades except for 7th where it has decreased.
- The number of students who have gotten into trouble with the police one or more times in the last twelve months has increased across the grade
levels.
- The number of respondents who feel that the different racial/cultural groups do not get along has decreased from 6.3% in 1995 to 3.2% in 2000
- The number of respondents who are scared of getting attacked or hurt has decreased from 6.3% in 1995 to 2.9% in 2000.
- There was an increase in respondents who feel safe in their neighborhood.
- The greatest percentage of change (14.4%) was seen in the statement, “People have a chance to make a good living.”
- Only 1.9% of survey respondents stated they felt that their home was not safe.
- The number of respondents who felt that their home had bad/old electric wiring increased from 36.1% in 1995 to 52.9% in 2000.
- The number of respondents who stated that a member of their household has tried to kill themselves has decreased from 8.2% in 1995 to 1.7% in 2000
- The number of respondents who stated that a member of their household yells/argues a lot has decreased from 14.7% in 1995 to 10.5% in 2000.
- The number of respondents who felt they did not
live in a safe part of town decreased from 20.9%
in 1995 to 7.2% in 2000.
Women’s Focus Group
- Domestic violence services – participants feel that domestic violence is a problem in their community, and that there is not enough support
services for domestic violence victims.
Youth Focus Group
- Violence/ Crime – the group agreed that their community is a good place for children to grow up; they overwhelmingly agreed that the prevalence
of violence in their community is the main problem facing young people in Lycoming County. Violence takes the form of hitting, fighting or threats to do harm.
Senior Citizen’s Focus Group
- Safety Issues – participants listed “safety in their community” as another pressing issue facing senior citizens. Group participants
overwhelmingly feel that the streets of Williamsport are not a safe place to be a night. The “lack of police patrol on foot” contributes to the perception that senior citizens are not safe in their
communities at night. Seniors fear that they might be the targets of a drug-related crime if they go out at night. Participants also felt that the lack of activities for young people contribute to
their fear of being out at night.
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