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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... reduces the level of serious criminal activity in a neighborhood ? If it does reduce serious crime , is it really the social meaning of order , and not some other feature of order - maintenance policing , that causes the decline in ...
... reduce gang activity [ D ] . Simi- larly , reverse drug stings [ A ] will result in the arrest of suburban buyers ... reduction in criminal activity in neighborhoods that are rendered more orderly [ D ] . Two competing hypotheses may be ...
... reduction approach to drugs con- fuses people with terminology . All drug policies claim to reduce harm . No reasonable person advocates a position consciously designed to be harmful . The real question is which policies actually ...
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 |