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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... arguments was similar , it was not ex- actly the same . In contrast to Stephen's straightforward legal moralist argument , Lord Devlin's argument in The Enforcement of Morality was ambiguous and susceptible to competing interpretations ...
... argument down to its original , simple , and succinct statement . Right after posing the central question of his lectures- " Ought immorality as such to be a crime ? " - Hart immediately cited Mill in support of his position . " To this ...
... argument . In the specific context of the pornography debate , then , Mac- Kinnon's use of the harm argument has produced an ideological shift in the harm principle . In contrast to an earlier period when the harm principle was employed ...
Contents
Part Empirical Critique | 57 |
Policing Strategies and Methodology | 91 |
Theoretical Critique | 123 |
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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 |