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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... effect on crime ( 1978 : 373–374 ) . A number of contributions ensued , both supporting ( see , e.g. , Whittaker et ... effect , Sampson and Cohen report that proactive policing appears to have a differential effect on robbery The Broken ...
... effect on robbery and burglary arrest certainty rates . Arrest certainty appears to have a sig- nificant inverse effect on the rate of robberies - second only to that , believe it or not , of the divorce rate ( 1988 : 176 ) . Arrest ...
... effect on robbery . The magnitude of the effect is clearly much less than that of divorce , but it is similar to that of region , income , and size . . . . [ T ] he effect of police aggressiveness on burglary is very weak " ( 1988 : 176 ) ...
Contents
Part Empirical Critique | 57 |
Policing Strategies and Methodology | 91 |
Theoretical Critique | 123 |
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