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In a world where we have police, we want to deploy it against crime. If the police isn't fit for purpose, that's a different kettle of fish. (Also, the next bi
by mseebach 10y ago
In a world where we have police, we want to deploy it against crime. If the police isn't fit for purpose, that's a different kettle of fish.
(Also, the next bit of the quote, "Yet neighborhoods more likely to commit white collar crime aren’t targeted in this way", suggests a very loose grasp of how policing works. No, they're not, because patrolling the street in front of an office building isn't the least bit effective against white collar crime.)
- scatters 10y ago> patrolling the street in front of an office building isn't the least bit effective against white collar crime. Do you have any sources for this assertion? Have there been any studies?
- marcosdumay 10y agoDo you have any counter anecdote to the assertion? Because nobody will make a study to verify that the sky is blue if there isn't at a minimum some dissenting opinion.
- scatters 10y agoIf increased police presence works to deter violent crime, why wouldn't it work to deter white-collar crime likewise?
- Chris2048 10y agoIt doesn't deter violent crime, it deters street crime, some of which is violent. How much white-collar crime occurs on the street? Even violent crime off the street won't be helped much by street patrols.
- PeterisP 10y agoBecause it's not really detectable by patrolling without in-depth investigation. A patrol cop staring at e.g. a stockbroker doing insider trading would not deter it because that wouldn't be visible even as he would be doing the trades. A patrol cop sitting in all Madoff's meetings and sales presentations wouldn't prevent the Madoff scam from succeeding. There's nothing to suggest even getting a warrant without analysis of the actual trade data/accounting information/etc, which cannot really be done by most nonspecialized police officers.