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FILENAME:	3774_1148_1004
TOPIC#:		312
DATE:		920117
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UTT_CODER:	mlg
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sd          A.1 utt1:  {C So } I've been concerned about crime lately. /  

b          B.2 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          @A.3 utt1:  {F Uh, } it's really scary to listen to the news every night  and --     

b          B.4 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.5 utt1:  -- to hear about all the problems.  /
qy^d          A.5 utt2: I wondered if you were taking any special precautions in your neighborhood? /  

na          B.6 utt1:  {D Well, } [ I, + I  ] think we have a neighborhood watch <laughter>. /  

b          A.7 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd^r          B.8 utt1:  I think. /  

x          A.9 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

%          B.10 utt1:  I'm not real, - /
sd          B.10 utt2: we don't get real involved.  /
sd          B.10 utt3:  We're never home,  /
%          B.10 utt4: {C so } -- -/  

b          A.11 utt1:  Uh-huh  /
x          A.11 utt2: <laughter>.   

sd          B.12 utt1:  -- {F uh, } <lipsmack> {F uh, } {D well, } I know they were going to start one,  /
sd          B.12 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, } I haven't heard any more since,  /
sd          B.12 utt3: {C so } I don't really know.  /
sd          B.12 utt4: {C But } as far as personally doing something, no. /  

b          A.13 utt1:  No, {F um. }  /

qo          B.14 utt1:  How about you? /  

sd          A.15 utt1:  {D Well } <breathing>, [ we moved in, + when we moved in,  ] [ there, + there ] wasn't any outside lights  /
sd          A.15 utt2: {C and --   

b          B.16 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.17 utt1:  -- so } we've been trying to install some, {F uh, } outside lights  /
sd          A.17 utt2: {C and } --   

b          B.18 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.19 utt1:  -- we put up a fence in the backyard.  /
sd          A.19 utt2: Mostly, {D you know, } not so much thinking that we would deter someone to break in, but that our children would be safe --   

b          B.20 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.21 utt1:  -- playing in the yard.

b          B.22 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.23 utt1:  {D You know. } /  

b          B.24 utt1:  Huh. /  

sd          A.25 utt1:  {C And } I guess most of the crime that I'm concerned about generally is against my kids.  /
sd@          A.25 utt2: It's scary to send them off down the street a few houses <laughter>.    *[[should this end the slash unit?]]

ba          B.26 utt1:  {F Oh, } I'm sure it is. /  

+          A.27 utt1:  To let them go play with someone [ and + ] --   

b          B.28 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.29 utt1: -- because of what you hear about people getting picked up and --   

b          B.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.31 utt1:  -- everything  /
sd          A.31 utt2: {D and --   

b          B.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.33 utt1:  -- so } I have to spend a good deal of time watching them <laughter>,    

x          B.34 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.35 utt1:  walk down the street  and,    

x          B.36 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.37 utt1:  say, call me before you leave  and --   

%@          B.38 utt1:  {F Um. }   

+          A.39 utt1:  -- come back  /
%          A.39 utt2: {C and, } -/  

+@          B.40 utt1:  I would, too, if I had kids.  /
sd          B.40 utt2: We don't have any.  /
sd          B.40 utt3:  We did install [ [ a, + a  ] + <lipsmack>, a,  ] {F uh, } motion detector light back in our driveway. /  

b          A.41 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.42 utt1:  {C And } [ that was, + mainly it was  ] so when we pulled up, the light would come on,  /
sd          B.42 utt2: {C but } also we have a boat back there -- /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.44 utt1:  -- {C and } we have neighborhood kids that like to get into mischief,  /
%          B.44 utt2: {C so } -- -/  

ba@          A.45 utt1:  {F Oh, } no.   

sd          B.46 utt1:  -- we thought with that light, {D you know, } it would maybe keep them from doing something <laughter> to the boat <laughter>. /  

+@          A.47 utt1:  That's a good thought. /  

b          B.48 utt1:  Yeah  /
%          B.48 utt2: {C so, } -/  

sd          A.49 utt1:  <Throat_clearing> {D Well, } we've been real lucky that, - /
sd          A.49 utt2: I don't believe there's been, {D you know, } much trouble in our neighborhood, #  /
sv          A.49 utt3:  [ {C but } it # -- +   

b          B.50 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.51 utt1:  -- {C but } it  ] does seem [ there, + that there  ] is a lot more here in Plano of, {F uh, } just bored teenagers <laughter>. /  

b          B.52 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.52 utt2: yeah,  /
%          B.52 utt3: that's -- -/  

sd          A.53 utt1:  Vandalism. /  

%          B.54 utt1:  -- what it is.  /
sd          B.54 utt2: We live in,   

x          A.55 utt1:  <Throat_clearing>.   

+          B.56 utt1:  Coppell  /
 sv         B.56 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and }  ] that's pretty much what it [ is, +  is -- ]    

b          A.57 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.58 utt1:  -- {D you know, } kids that are bored, like you say. /  

 b         A.59 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.59 utt2: {C and } they don't, {F uh, } - /
 sd         A.59 utt3: I know my sister-in-law who lives in our neighborhood --   

b          B.60 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.61 utt1:  -- they've had their, - /
sd          A.61 utt2: they parked their car out on the street before and  it's been spray painted  and --    

ba          B.62 utt1:  {F Oh, } no. /  

 +         A.63 utt1:  -- a few things like that  /
 %         A.63 utt2: {C and, } course, {D you know, } - /
%          A.63 utt3: <breathing> I don't know <laughter>,  /
sd          A.63 utt4: I'm getting scared for kids to get older,  /
sd          A.63 utt5: {C because } you don't know if it's someone their teenagers know --   

b          B.64 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.65 utt1:  -- [ who, + ]  [ and, + ] or is it just random --   

b          B.66 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.67 utt1:  -- crime,  /
sd          A.67 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, } we've been real lucky that no one in my family [ with the, + ] anywhere that they live has [ had, + been  ] a victim of, {D you know, } a serious crime. /  

b          B.68 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.68 utt2: yeah. /  

sv          A.69 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } it's really scary to know that you can live a normal life and try to be a good citizen --   

b          B.70 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.71 utt1:  -- {C but } it doesn't mean you'll be safe  /
sd          A.71 utt2: [ {C and, } +   

b          B.72 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
ba@          B.72 utt2: I know it.   

+          A.73 utt1:  {C But, } ] I guess I take [ a lot of, + {F uh, } little bit of,  ] {F uh, } <lipsmack> safety in knowing that a lot of the crimes that they report are, {D like } drug related or --   

+@          B.74 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.75 utt1:  -- <Breathing> {F uh, } things that,  /
sd          A.75 utt2: places usually that I wouldn't be going.    

b          B.76 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          B.76 utt2: uh-huh. /  

+          A.77 utt1:  <Laughter> And things I usually wouldn't be involved in. -/  

b          B.78 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.79 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } there's not so much of it completely innocent --   

b          B.80 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.81 utt1:  -- victims compared to, - /
sv          A.81 utt2: {C but } it is scary. /  

b          B.82 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ba          B.82 utt2: it is. /  

qy          A.83 utt1:  Were you --   

%          B.84 utt1:   (( Really is ))  <<faint>>. /  

+          A.85 utt1:  -- raised in this area? /  

ny          B.86 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.86 utt2:  I'm originally from Chicago, but I've been in this area, in the Lewisville area for, {F uh, } {D let's see, } about twenty-three years. /  

b          A.87 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

x          B.88 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

qr          A.89 utt1:  {C So, } has it been getting worse that you noticed, or --   

na          B.90 utt1:  {F Oh } --    

+          A.91 utt1:  -- # about the same? # /  

+          B.92 utt1:  -- # definitely. # /  

%          A.93 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          B.94 utt1:  In the last few years, I think,  /
sd          B.94 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } like I say, - /
sv          B.94 utt3: {D now } I don't think necessarily in this area here, but --   

b          A.95 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.96 utt1:  -- just Dallas in general.  /
h       B.96 utt2: I don't know,  /
 sd         B.96 utt3:  I think back of when I was, {F uh, } younger and in my party days, some of the things I did, {D you know, } I wouldn't be caught dead, like, being out that late at night.    

x          A.97 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.98 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

b          A.99 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.100 utt1:  In the dark parking lot <laughter>. /  

b          A.101 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          A.101 utt2:  Take a lot of chances.  /
sd          A.101 utt3: {D Well, } I noticed [ that, + {F uh, } that,  ] {F uh, } when - /
sd          A.101 utt4:  [ we, + we  ] moved here from Houston --   

b          B.102 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.103 utt1:  -- not too long ago. /  

b          B.104 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.105 utt1:  [ {C And } + {C so, }  ] of course, we were interested in schools -- /  

b          B.106 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.107 utt1:  -- [ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C but }  ] the schools in Houston all have big, tall fences around them  /
sv          A.107 utt2: {C and } they're not really very safe -- /  

b          B.108 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.109 utt1:  -- {C and } {C so } it's been interesting to come to the Plano area where the schools don't have fences at all <laughter>,    

x          B.110 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.111 utt1:  around them,  /
sd          A.111 utt2: {C and } <inhaling> it's just a whole different idea [ that, + that,  ] at least the people here feel that their kids are pretty safe at school. /  

b          B.112 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.113 utt1:  {C And } in Houston [ that + ] there was the mentality that they weren't safe at school. /  

b          B.114 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

sv          A.115 utt1:  {C And } {C so } that's been something that's been good [ for the, + ] {D you know, } in this area that you feel like, {F uh, } {D you know, } there's not going to be too many knifings or shootings <laughter> --   

b          B.116 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.117 utt1:  -- at school today. /  

b          B.118 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.119 utt1:  <Laughter> {C And } I guess,  /
sd          A.119 utt2: I don't know how people live with that --   

%          B.120 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

+          A.121 utt1:  -- every day. /  

aa          B.122 utt1:  <Lipsmack> I don't either. /  

sv          A.123 utt1:  Pretty scary. /  

aa          B.124 utt1:  Yeah, {F um. } /  

fc          A.125 utt1:  {C But, } anyway, {D well, } I guess I won't take up more of your ti-, / 
