The limited evidence from the United States, however, suggests that those communities that are not effective in reaching out to external agencies and that fail to acquire needed services and resources are more likely to have higher rates of crime, delinquency, and victimization than those that are successful in doing so.
Sin embargo, la limitada información proveniente de los Estados Unidos sugiere que las comunidades que no son efectivas al momento de recurrir a agencias externas y fallan al adquirir los servicios y recursos requeridos tienen mayores probabilidades de presentar altas tasas de criminalidad, delincuencia y victimización que aquellos barrios que sí tienen éxito al lograr dichas acciones.