One of the main explanations for high levels of crime, social disorder, and fear of crime in certain neighbourhoods has been the erosion of informal social control processes that are believed responsible for maintaining order (Rosenbaum, 1987). Similarly, over the past several decades discussions have been had about a declining sense of community and social cohesion within neighbourhoods. Community crime prevention programs such as Neighbourhood Watch have been recommended as a feasible and attractive solution to these crime-related neighbourhood conditions. Neighbourhood Watch originally grew out of a movement in the 1960s in the United States that involved greater involvement of citizens in the prevention of crime in their neighbourhoods. Since the 1980s the number of Neighbourhood Watch schemes has spread to other nations, including Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada. While the names of these organisations can vary by jurisdiction (e.g, Neighbourhood Watch; Neighbourhood Support; Block Watch, etc), their main objectives do not. Common to all is the emphasis on community crime prevention where citizens work together and with the police to reduce crime in a community. Neighbourhood Watch programs aim to reduce crime by having citizens watch out for and report suspicious activities to the police and to deter potential criminals from offending. These tasks are usually achieved by improving citizens’ awareness of public safety, by reducing vulnerability to crime through helping citizens to install security devices, and by improving attitudes and behaviours toward reporting crime and suspicious behaviour to police. One particularly important aspect of Neighbourhood Watch programs has been to bring about social interaction between residents of a community and to maintain a degree of familiarity with neighbours so that the detection of strangers in the community can be easily achieved.