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> The formula works It is far from proven that "broken windows policing" is effective, and in fact there is much evidence to the contrary. See, for instance, t
by btown 4y ago
> The formula works
It is far from proven that "broken windows policing" is effective, and in fact there is much evidence to the contrary. See, for instance, the peer-reviewed meta-analyses described here: https://news.northeastern.edu/2019/05/15/northeastern-university-researchers-find-little-evidence-for-broken-windows-theory-say-neighborhood-disorder-doesnt-cause-crime/ https://news.northeastern.edu/2019/05/15/northeastern-univer...
- rsync 4y agoThis is correct. There is not conclusive proof that so-called "broken windows policing" works as advertised. Nevertheless: Decent people fix broken windows - literal and metaphorical ones - no matter what the stats say.
- btown 4y agoSometimes one of the "windows" to fix, though, is the community-government relationship. And when the only viable way to catch every graffiti artist is to stop-and-frisk every teen in the area for months or years on end - is that truly the right way to fix that relationship? Is that the decent thing to do?