The broken windows theory was proposed by two men named James Q. Willson and George Kelling in 1982. Their theory states “that crime is disorder and that if disorder were stopped, then serious crimes would therefore not occur.” If the smaller crimes were stopped, it would prevent bigger crimes in the future is how I see it. The simple definition is that if a broken window, left unattended, this would signal that no one cared and therefore ultimately lead to more disorder and even crime. So how did they theory begin in the first place. Well Kelling found that adding a larger amount of foot patrols in the city improved the relationship between police and African American residents, and this would reduce their fear of crime. This theory was put into practice
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He said that he envisioned Broken Windows as a tactic in a broader effort in community policing.” When asked about how he felt that police chiefs were using this a new policing policy he says ““You’re just asking for a whole lot of trouble.” “You don’t just say one day, ‘Go out and restore order.’ You train officers, you develop guidelines. Any officer who really wants to do order maintenance has to be able to answer satisfactorily the question, ‘Why do you decide to arrest one person who’s urinating in public and not arrest another?” He ends the interview saying, “So yeah, there’s been a lot of things done in the name of Broken Windows that I regret.” These tactics have not worked and only created a larger gap between police and minority neighbor hoods in trusting each other. I truly believe that we need to start listing to the concerns the police and our communities have. When we work together we can develop and create new police strategies and tactics that will ensure safety for both police officers and the neighbor hoods they work in. There’s no trust in each other right now and until we can start fixing that problem we will be divided into tribes or groups. The blue tribe and the Spanish tribe and black
He said that he envisioned Broken Windows as a tactic in a broader effort in community policing.” When asked about how he felt that police chiefs were using this a new policing policy he says ““You’re just asking for a whole lot of trouble.” “You don’t just say one day, ‘Go out and restore order.’ You train officers, you develop guidelines. Any officer who really wants to do order maintenance has to be able to answer satisfactorily the question, ‘Why do you decide to arrest one person who’s urinating in public and not arrest another?” He ends the interview saying, “So yeah, there’s been a lot of things done in the name of Broken Windows that I regret.” These tactics have not worked and only created a larger gap between police and minority neighbor hoods in trusting each other. I truly believe that we need to start listing to the concerns the police and our communities have. When we work together we can develop and create new police strategies and tactics that will ensure safety for both police officers and the neighbor hoods they work in. There’s no trust in each other right now and until we can start fixing that problem we will be divided into tribes or groups. The blue tribe and the Spanish tribe and black