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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... Drug - related homicides in four representative patrol zones in New York City , March 1 - October 31 , 1988 Psycho- Economic Multi- Number pharmacological compulsive Systemic dimension Total number of homicides 414 Primarily drug ...
... drug laws has been to argue even greater harm . Barry McCaffrey , di- rector in 1999 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy , better known as the " Drug Czar , " responded to the " harm reduction " ar- gument : " The plain fact ...
... drug trafficking for cocaine : according to the Drug Enforcement Agency , Colombian cocaine is shipped primarily by land or air to sites in north- ern Mexico , and then driven across the border by land vehicles ( U.S. 76 = juvenile and ...
Contents
Part Empirical Critique | 57 |
Policing Strategies and Methodology | 91 |
Theoretical Critique | 123 |
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