SOSC 3655 Lecture 4: Lecture Four
12 Oct 2016
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The police"s role is not on crime rates but on order maintenance: a particular order in society, the police do have effects on crime rates, but it is not their primary focus. Broken windows theory: how new york became safe: the full story. If we didn"t have disorder and criminality, we wouldn"t need the police. The demand for order in civil society - allan silver. City dwellers have complained about crime and violence forever: people react with indignance against the threats of daily dangers . Anger or scorn aroused by something felt to be unfair, unworthy, or wrong: security, safety, and protection against victimization are very real concerns. Fear of crime waves : tied into anti-immigration sentiments. If you can pit your enemies against one another, you"ll get your work done for you. All these immigrant groups living in the slums : crime waves were seen as the result of entire classes of unmanageable people.
