| Broken Windows--Comp Review CRJ 793 |
Updated January, 2012 |
| Lecture powerpoint (please note that this powerpoint will differ somewhat from the one I present in lecture as I update my lecture immediately before the lecture). |
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1) Kelling and Wilson (1982) -- Broken Windows. (6 pages) |
If nothing else, read this. |
| 2) Kelling (1999) -- "Broken Windows" and Police Discretion. (23 pages) |
Fills in some of the specifics that are lacking in the original Broken Windows article. |
| 3) Jane Jacobs (1961) -- Chapter 2, "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety." From The Death and Life of Great American Cities. (10 pages) |
George Kelling was a big fan of Jane Jacobs, whose theories on urban life were the foundation for Broken Windows. If you find this at all interesting, you should read the whole book. While reading this, thing about the things we and police can do to create an environment that is more or less conducive to crime. |
| 4) Bratton (1998) -- Turnaround (excerpt). (28 pages) |
Bratton may be a bit into himself, but it's still a good look at what happened in New York from the perspective of the police chief. It's also easy reading. |
| 5) Gladwell (1996) -- Tipping Point. (4 pages) |
From the New Yorker. A non-academic look at the crime drop. |
| Optional Readings: |
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| Zimring (2011) -- The City that Became Safe: New York's Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control (Oxford University Press) |
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| Sousa (2010) -- Paying attention to minor offenses: order maintenance policing
in practice. |
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| Harcourt and Ludwig (2006) -- New evidence from NYC. |
Skim the main points of this article against Broken Windows. |
| Bratton and Kelling (2006) -- There are no cracks in the Broken Windows. |
A response to critics. |
| Braga and Bond (2008) -- Policing Crime and Disorder Hot Spots: A Randomized controlled trial. |
Shows some effectiveness in problem solving policing. |
| Rosenfeld, Fonango, & Rengifo (2007) -- The Impact of Order-Maintenance Policing on New York City Homicide and Robbery Rates: 1988-2001. |
Still trying to figure out what happened in NYC. |
| Optional: Karmen (2000) -- New York Murder Mystery: The True Story Behind the Crime Crash of the 1990s. |
An excellent book about the crime drop in New York City. |
