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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... disciplinary power to the justice system . Foucault explains : “ Dur- ing the 150 or 200 years that Europe has been setting up its new penal systems , the judges have gradually , by means of a process that goes back very far indeed ...
... disciplinary mechanism " ( Foucault 1980 : 106 ) . Foucault is expressing , in these dense passages , several thoughts . First , the notion that disciplinary power shapes modern individuals in such a way that we are comfortable with the ...
... disciplinary nor entirely juridical . It is a mixture . It contains both elements . And it is important for Foucault that both juridical and disciplinary power be part of the new law . Thus , Foucault writes : I believe that the process ...
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 |