Criminal Procedure

Read the following three articles. Links provided as follows:

file:///C:/Users/anaro/Downloads/Broken%20Windows%20The%20Police%20and%20Neighborhood%20Safety.pdf

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/500104506

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-problem-with-broken-windows-policing/

Question

1. What are the key features of broken window theory?

2. Does a zero-tolerance approach to policing reflect the ideas in broken window theory?

3. Is there any evidence that the broken windows theory is accurate?

4. How does the broken window theory compare to other theories that explain crime?

5. Why have broken windows theory and the policing approaches based on broken windows theory resulted in so many problems?

6. What is the accuracy of broken window theory?

7. What are the problems resulting from this approach (broken windows theory)?