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- catalog abstract ""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 in the United States and abroad, with its emphasis on policies that crack down on disorderly conduct and aggressively enforce misdemeanor laws." "The problem, argues Bernard Harcourt, is that although the broken windows theory has been around for nearly thirty years, it has never been empirically verified. Indeed, existing data suggest that it is false. Conceptually, it rests on unexamined categories of "law abiders" and "disorderly people" and of "order" and "disorder," which have no intrinsic reality independent of the techniques of punishment that we implement in our society." "How did new order-maintenance approach to criminal justice - a theory without solid empirical support, a theory that is conceptually flawed and results in aggressive detentions of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens - come to be one of the leading criminal justice theories embraced by progressive reformers, policymakers, and academics throughout the world? This book explores the reasons why. It also presents a new, more thoughtful vision of criminal justice."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11974132.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog 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 in the United States and abroad, with its emphasis on policies that crack down on disorderly conduct and aggressively enforce misdemeanor laws." "The problem, argues Bernard Harcourt, is that although the broken windows theory has been around for nearly thirty years, it has never been empirically verified. Indeed, existing data suggest that it is false. Conceptually, it rests on unexamined categories of "law abiders" and "disorderly people" and of "order" and "disorder," which have no intrinsic reality independent of the techniques of punishment that we implement in our society." "How did new order-maintenance approach to criminal justice - a theory without solid empirical support, a theory that is conceptually flawed and results in aggressive detentions of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens - come to be one of the leading criminal justice theories embraced by progressive reformers, policymakers, and academics throughout the world? This book explores the reasons why. It also presents a new, more thoughtful vision of criminal justice."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-287) and index.".
- catalog description "Punishment and criminal justice at the turn of the century -- The order-maintenance approach. Empirical critique. The broken windows theory -- Policing strategies and methodology. Theoretical critique. On disorderly, disreputable, or unpredictable people -- The implications of subject creation. Rhetorical critique. The turn to harm as justification. Rethinking punishment and criminal justice. An alternative vision -- Toward a new mode of political analysis.".
- catalog extent "x, 294 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Illusion of order.".
- catalog identifier "0674004728".
- catalog isFormatOf "Illusion of order.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Illusion of order.".
- catalog subject "364 21".
- catalog subject "Crime.".
- catalog subject "Criminal justice, Administration of.".
- catalog subject "HV6025 .H297 2001".
- catalog subject "Law enforcement.".
- catalog subject "Police administration.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Punishment and criminal justice at the turn of the century -- The order-maintenance approach. Empirical critique. The broken windows theory -- Policing strategies and methodology. Theoretical critique. On disorderly, disreputable, or unpredictable people -- The implications of subject creation. Rhetorical critique. The turn to harm as justification. Rethinking punishment and criminal justice. An alternative vision -- Toward a new mode of political analysis.".
- catalog title "Illusion of order : the false promise of broken windows policing / Bernard E. Harcourt.".
- catalog type "text".