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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... initiative was the " linchpin strategy " ( 1998 : 228 ; see also Giuliani and Bratton 1994e : 7 ) . Bratton's successor , Howard Safir , continued the strategy of aggres- sive misdemeanor arrests , and also promoted a more aggressive ...
... initiative as evidence of the broken windows effect . The implementation of the initiative in early 1994 coincided with a remark- able drop in crime in New York City , a decline that initially outpaced that in many other large cities ...
... initiative , but tapered off af- ter that . While the ratio of allegations to police officer was lower in 1999 than it was in 1993 - recall , however , that the CCRB questions the reliability of the allegation figures ( CCRB 2000 : 21 ) ...
Contents
Part Empirical Critique | 57 |
Policing Strategies and Methodology | 91 |
Theoretical Critique | 123 |
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