Thinking About CrimeArgues that criminal activity is largely rational, shaped by rewards and penalties it offers versus the outcome of other available activities. |
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... neighborhood level that meaningful ( i.e. , potentially rewarding ) opportunities for the exercise of urban cit- izenship exist . And it is the breakdown of neighborhood con- trols ( neighborhood self - government , if you will ) that ...
... neighborhood level that meaningful ( i.e. , potentially rewarding ) opportunities for the exercise of urban cit- izenship exist . And it is the breakdown of neighborhood con- trols ( neighborhood self - government , if you will ) that ...
Page 91
... neighborhood police team . " Variants of it have been tried in Syracuse , Los Angeles , New York , Cincinnati , Detroit , and elsewhere . The essential idea is to assign a team of patrolmen and supervisors to a small area — say , one ...
... neighborhood police team . " Variants of it have been tried in Syracuse , Los Angeles , New York , Cincinnati , Detroit , and elsewhere . The essential idea is to assign a team of patrolmen and supervisors to a small area — say , one ...
Page 118
... neighborhood groups choose , or consent to the choice of , the police captain assigned to their precincts , to the creation of neighborhood police policy boards . that would exercise day - to - day supervision over the policies and ...
... neighborhood groups choose , or consent to the choice of , the police captain assigned to their precincts , to the creation of neighborhood police policy boards . that would exercise day - to - day supervision over the policies and ...
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