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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... individual , the lower - class individual lives " from moment to moment , " and his behavior is governed by im- pulse . He is improvident and irresponsible , and , as a result , “ likely also to be unskilled , to move frequently from ...
... individual is ipso facto more dis- posed toward crime than others " ( 1974 : 183 , emphasis added ) . Similarly , in his later essay " Present Orientedness and Crime , " Banfield wrote that " a cohort of present - oriented persons could ...
... individual a crimi- nal record , and not simply by convicting the person , but by turning the individual into someone who needs to be policed , relocated , and controlled . It is in this sense that Foucault writes , regarding the analo ...
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 |