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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... ment of Corrections dropped from 2,136 in 1993 to 703 in 1998 , while other California counties either maintained or slightly increased their incarcerations . San Francisco also abandoned a youth curfew in the early 1990s and sharply ...
... ment of the law , it would not so perfectly mirror social organization . In this sense , law approximated a superstructure with no autonomy and no reciprocal effect on the change in the social environment . Durkheim concluded : “ [ O ] ...
... ment . Whereas in the classical period a crime was judged , in the mod- ern period something else is being judged : " the passions , instincts , anomalies , infirmities , maladjustments , effects of environment or he- redity " ( 1979 ...
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 |