Introduction: Many experts look at experts’ looks at data and research. Great experts find out and test their research. Traditional old concepts of police work caused many to venture and test anything. George Kelling and James Q. Wilson analyzed and tested their hypothesis. I will break down their “Broken Windows Theory” and how this has changed law enforcement today.
Topic I. The Broken Windows set the standards for law enforcement.
A. Early Beginnings of the Broken Windows theory.
B. Specific arguments regarding the Broken Windows theory.
C. Community Policing was brought to New York City.
Topic II. Furthermore, the criminal justice system brought up new ideals with the Broken Windows theory.
A. Zero tolerance policy came about.
B. Proactive approach on crime.
C. Serious crimes versus minor offenses response.
Topic III. The broken windows theory legacy for the future
A. Officers’ duty in regards to the broken windows theory.
B. Courts duty in regards to the broken windows theory.
C. Community response to the broken windows theory.
Topic I. The Broken Windows theory set the standards of law enforcement.
A. Early beginnings of the Broken Windows theory.
During the seventies in New Jersey created a program that could change life in society. This program occurred only in twenty-eight cities. Government and public officials were excited about this concept. Police officials were not so much. Foot patrol made officers walk in sleet and snow. Assigned foot patrol was a way of punishment for officers. State funding of foot patrol shut the mouths of some people. Silence stopped after the “Police Foundation”(Kelling) put foot patrol to the actual test. To contrary belief this rattled some arguments in the community an...
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Kelling , G and Wilson, J . ( 1 March 1982) . The Atlantic: Broken window the police and Neighborhood safety. Retrieved on 12 April 2014. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/304465/5/ Marquard , B. (3 March 2012). Boston Globe : James Wilson , co-author of the Broken windows theory helped reduce crime. Retrieved on 12 April 2014. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/03/03/james-wilson-coauthor-broken-window-theory/90gu1wBkSQSIvfXrF4TUSM/story.html?camp=pm Schudel , M. (2 March 2012) . James Q. Wilson scholar indentified with the broken window theory of crime prevention, Dies at 80. Retreived on 12 April 2014.
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The study took place in Newark, NJ and was established to determine the success of foot patrols in urban communities. The experiment included three designs; the first was created to compare foot patrol officers to motor patrol officers. The is comparison would take place in all twenty-eight cities who were receiving state funding for foot patrols. The second design was compared studies of crime in Elizabeth, NJ with consistent foot coverage before and after the implementation of the Safe and Clean Neighborhood program to the area where there was no pre-program patrol coverage. The third and final design was used to match work shifts in Newark to compare the effects of continuing and stopping foot patrols. During the experiment, eight-foot patrol shifts in Newark were compared demographically. There were foot patrols that were kept in randomly selected shifts and ended in others (Police Foundation, 1981). There was also foot patrol started in four shifts who had not previously used foot patrol. The research team compared reported crimes, arrest and victimization rates, the fear and satisfaction with the police from the community, along with the attitudes of foot patrol officers and motorized patrol officers. Though there were no significant changes in the crime rate due to the foot patrol, the resident's attitudes toward the police changed considerably. The foot patrol enhanced the citizen’s
Kelling designed broken window policing to have police officers foot patrol the neighborhoods and have them build relationships with residents. He ideally wanted an assigned cop to become familiar with the people in the neighborhood, and build relations to be able to point out suspicious activity. For this to happen, there needs to be an abundance of police officers in order to be able to walk around neighborhoods all day, and still have enough officers attend emergencies. Which in a crowded city like New York, it is almost impossible to do. Even then, when this idea was implemented in Newark, New Jersey crime did not decrease. Although residents of Newark felt safer having cops foot patrol around their neighborhood, the policy did not have a positive effect on the purpose for which the policy was created. This idea, of the foot patrol officers was not implemented into the practice of the theory in New York. Most cops use cars and an excess amount of force when arresting. Police officers have shot and killed 395 people since the beginning of this year. (Charles M. Blow) Instead, police officers have transmitted fear to
The broken windows theory, was proposed by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling (1982). This used broken windows to describe disorder within neighbourhoods.Their theory links disorder and unsociable behavior within a community leading to serious crime. Prior to theories such as broken windows, law enforcement and police tended to focus on the serious crime. However, Wilson and Kelling took a different view from this. They saw serious crime as the final result of a chain of events, which emerged from disorder. If we eliminated disorder, then serious crimes would not occur as mentioned by Mckee
Peak, K. J. (2006). Views. In K. J. Peak, Policing America: Methods/Issues/Challenges (p. 263). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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Although, it has also been criticized for been incompatible with the community, inflexible and undermining some goals of policing, it is still acknowledged as an important organizational development in policing during the latter half of the 20th century (BJA, police executive research
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