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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... shape the way we perceive , feel about , and judge people who are homeless , hustling , or panhandling . Michel Foucault's study Discipline and Punish focuses on how techniques of punishment shape us , and it is there , I suggest , that ...
... shapes society - and different techniques of punishment would shape society differently . The same is true of the social solidarity produced by extensive legal regulation . Under Durkheim's theory , ordered legal regulations serve and ...
... shapes both the category of the disorderly and our perception , thinking , and judgments about disorderly persons . Foucault's writings shed light on how punishment and policing practices may shape these categories . The techniques of ...
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 |