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ISBN/UID: 9780674015906
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 15 February 2005
Description
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 ...
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304 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674015906
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 15 February 2005
Description
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 ...