'Broken windows' policing was based on the theory that neighborhood disorder led to more serious crimes. But that theory has been entirely debunked, as law professor Bernard Harcourt explains.
I’ll be honest, I really couldn’t care less if Broken Windows theory is correct or not. I don’t think it’d even matter so much whether it was, provided our response to it was a kind and gentle one that actually tries to help people rather than disappear them.
Unfortunately, such an approach is one that cops are fundamentally incompatible with.
I’ll be honest, I really couldn’t care less if Broken Windows theory is correct or not. I don’t think it’d even matter so much whether it was, provided our response to it was a kind and gentle one that actually tries to help people rather than disappear them.
Unfortunately, such an approach is one that cops are fundamentally incompatible with.