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> if petty crimes aren’t enforced even with just small punishments, then more serious crimes accelerate. For readers who run across this, this is referred to a
by BaseballPhysics 3y ago
> if petty crimes aren’t enforced even with just small punishments, then more serious crimes accelerate.
For readers who run across this, this is referred to as the Broken window theory:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
And despite the commenter stating it as fact, both here and elsewhere, the idea is very much controversial, and far from proven.
- Fernicia 3y agoYou may be misunderstanding his point. I think he's pointing out that people who commit serious crimes usually have a prior history of smaller, petty crimes that they were not given meaningful punishment for. The data certainly supports this observation, and I can dig out supporting evidence if it's in doubt (at least in NYC, Dublin, and London. I'm not familiar with SF).
- BaseballPhysics 3y ago> You may be misunderstanding his point. No, I'm not. He specifically mentioned broken window theory elsewhere. > The data certainly supports this observation, There are multiple interpretations of the data, and the Wikipedia page I cited goes through the many possibilities.