POLS 4900 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Federal Government Of The United States, Kim Kardashian, White People
20 Nov 2018
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In reading the broken windows article, it seems throughout as if i am reading a series of slanted, overly optimistic half-truths. The introduction of the concept of foot patrol policing as a crime deterrent, and the subsequent perception of reduced crime and higher order seems to make little sense without any real empirical evidence backing it up. Kelling and wilson seem to believe through their various individual encounters and studies on relatively modern policing techniques that the presence of police in neighborhoods acts as a real deterrent of crime. This belief is made especially obvious when they draw the parallel between a building with broken windows and neighborhoods without comprehensive proactive and efficient policing. The difference in demographic and socio-economic status seems to be completely ignored. He emphasized first that the policing techniques stemming from broken window theory replace true justice as it regards to criminal justice and instead creates less of a participatory relationship between local residents and police.
