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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... observations where crime vic- timization data are missing because to do so would leave us with only sixteen neighborhoods - just 40 percent of our original small sample . This , however , is essentially what Skogan does with regard to ...
... observations and added audio commentary to the vid- eotape . All in all , 126 variables were coded , including physical condi- tions , social interactions , housing characteristics , and land use . The physical disorder scale included ...
... observations for both variables were exceedingly rare : of 15,111 obser- vations , there were only twelve for " selling drugs " and twenty for “ peer group with gang indicators . " The more frequent positive observations were for ...
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 |