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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... regard to victimiza- tion , using only the robbery victimization variable and therefore nar- rowing his study to only thirty available observations ( Skogan 1990 : 73– 75 ; see also Skogan 1987 : 50-53 ) . The result is that , at least ...
... regard to the disorder - crime nexus , they found that " physi- cal disorder measured in the SSO is only moderately ... regard to the first , they found that " concentrated disadvan- tage is the single most important predictor of ...
... regard to the survey - reported crime victimization data , they found a positive but weak statistical relationship with regard to violent victimization in Model 1 , and no relationship with regard to house- hold burglary . Nevertheless ...
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 |
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