Illusion of Order: The False Promise of Broken Windows PolicingHarvard University Press, 2001 M08 15 - 304 pages This is the first book to challenge the "broken-windows" theory of crime, which argues that permitting minor misdemeanors, such as loitering and vagrancy, to go unpunished only encourages more serious crime. The theory has revolutionized policing in the United States and abroad, with its emphasis on policies that crack down on disorderly conduct and aggressively enforce misdemeanor laws. |
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... Kelling refer to them as “ disreputable or obstreper- ous or unpredictable people " ( Wilson and Kelling 1982 : 30 ; see also Wilson 1968 : 39 ) . They are the ones , Wilson and Kelling argue , who turn a stable neighborhood into “ an ...
... Kelling report , " We kick ass ' " ( 1982 : 35 ) . The police " rough up " young toughs and ar- rest on suspicion ( 1982 : 33 ) . Elsewhere Kelling notes : " Another officer in Chicago described in similar terms how he dealt with gang ...
... Kelling's " Broken Windows " article and Kahan's writings . They both discuss and rely heavily on a particular social science experiment conducted in 1969 by Philip Zimbardo , a Stanford University psychol- ogist . Zimbardo arranged to ...
Contents
Part Empirical Critique | 57 |
Policing Strategies and Methodology | 91 |
Theoretical Critique | 123 |
Copyright | |
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Illusion of Order: The False Promise of Broken Windows Policing Bernard E. Harcourt Limited preview - 2005 |
Illusion of Order: The False Promise of Broken Windows Policing Bernard E. Harcourt No preview available - 2005 |