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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... theories . Order maintenance , broken windows , zero tolerance , com- munity policing , social norms , social meaning , social influence : the terms begin to bleed into one another . How is it , precisely , that the broken windows theory ...
The False Promise of Broken Windows Policing Bernard E. Harcourt. broken windows theory has not been verified . In fact , their study sug- gests that the broken windows theory may simply be wrong — that dis- order may not be the " active ...
The False Promise of Broken Windows Policing Bernard E. Harcourt. activity . While I agree with Sampson and Raudenbush — and with my colleagues Michael ... broken windows theory is a theory about common crime or 88. EMPIRICAL CRITIQUE.
Contents
Part Empirical Critique | 57 |
Policing Strategies and Methodology | 91 |
Theoretical Critique | 123 |
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