As in McDuffie, the scene was a neighborhood plagued by poverty, crime, gang activity and drugs.

One of which is PhillyRising, an innovative, sustainable form of service delivery that targets neighborhoods plagued by crime and quality of life issues.

At an age when most young girls are preoccupied with dolls and trinkets, Ms. Echevarria lived in a neighborhood plagued by violence, poverty and despair.

Still, in the meatpacking district, a neighborhood plagued by posturing, underperforming restaurants, Meet shines with a virtuous light.

In Wisconsin, they were living in public housing in a neighborhood plagued with drug dealing and crime.

Social disorganization theory postulates that neighborhoods plagued with poverty and economic deprivation tend to experience high rates of population turnover.

The shooting came the same day that Mayor David N. Dinkins announced plans to deploy extra police officers in neighborhoods plagued by shootings of children.

In neighborhoods plagued by gang activity and crime, the shrines are rarely vandalized.

The plan is an effort to stop drug dealing in neighborhoods plagued by dealers who take over apartments.

It is no longer a neighborhood of fear and death, plagued by gangs and crack, guns and syringes.