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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... enforcement officials in Chicago ... report dramatic reductions in vio- lent offenses in neighborhoods in which that city's gang - loitering ordi- nance is most vigorously enforced " ( Kahan and Meares 1998b : 822 ) , those same reports ...
... enforced , but rose by 3 percent in the districts of most active enforcement ( Schulhofer and Alschuler 2000 : 8 ) . With regard to aggravated assaults , while the citywide num- bers fell by just under 5 percent between 1992 and 1995 ...
... Enforcement Districts District 11 -6.4 % -21.6 % + 1.4 % -20.2 % District 13 + 3.1 % -21.2 % -21.6 % -5.8 % District 10 + 20.4 % -23.7 % -8.3 % -11.1 % Subtotal + 2.9 % -22.2 % -5.4 % -15.5 % Low - Enforcement Districts District 18 ...
Contents
Part Empirical Critique | 57 |
Policing Strategies and Methodology | 91 |
Theoretical Critique | 123 |
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