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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... political upheavals during the second half of the twentieth century may account for the swing in public opinion and political ideology in this country . What these changes seem to have brought about , at the political level , is a ...
... political spectrum . On the left , the emergence of identity politics cer- tainly has focused attention on the discrimination and oppression ex- perienced by women , persons of color , and gay men and lesbians . Claims to identity often ...
... political responses . The crackdown on prostitution in New York City beginning under Mayor Giuliani's administration , for exam- ple , has by no means been a costless political and legal intervention . Order - maintenance policing has ...
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 |