ENG ELC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Informal Social Control, Misdemeanor, Restorative Practices

• School: LACC
• Department: Electrical Engineering
• Course: ENG ELC 220
• Professor: Sifatlong

Document Summary

Part b: what is restorative justice, how affective is it, difference between restorative justice and other approaches. Under sta nding the mech ani s ms u nderlying brok en wi ndow s polici ng : th e need for evalu atio n e vidence ( w e i s b u r d ) Broken windows policy: importance of disorder and its relation to crime. Zero-tolerance policing: idea that the police need to pay attention not just to serious crime but also to the minor social and physical disorders and incivilities. Key to crime control is not a focus on disorder but rather a focus on the collective efficacy of neighborhoods, which they deem essential for residents to achieve high levels of informal social control. Collective efficiency: social cohesion/mutual trust among neighbors, combined with willingness to intervene for the common good of the community and emphasizes informal rather than formal controls.