key research

• aim


  to outline how the features of neighbourhoods can influence crime rates, the changing role of the police in the US, and strategies for maintaining order.
• safe neighbourhood

  1. foot patrol officers- to enforce the law and take informal steps to protect the neighbourhood, people felt reassured, and reduced the fear of crime
  2. broken windows - neglected property becomes a target for disorder.
  3. community controls- to reinforce the informal control mechanisms used between people and the community
• changing roles of the police

  society should decide what behaviour is seen as undesirable and what behaviours should be criminalised.

  failing to arrest a single drunk could be a 'broken window' and lead to further criminality if ignored