PROMPT:

In New York City, law enforcement strategies emphasize the aggressive patrol of areas containing evidence of physical and social disorder. Many argue that these practices based on Broken Windows and Order Maintenance Policing (OMP) theories are particularly prevalent in minority and poor neighborhoods and result in profiling because it equates race/ethnicity and poverty with crime/criminal. Using examples from the readings assigned for this week, explain whether you believe the focus on OMP (physical and social disorder) results in safer streets or is merely a pretext for stopping and arresting people of color. Support your responses with the readings.

This assignment requires that you have read Broken Windows, The Police and Neighborhood Safety (Kelling and Wilson, 1982) and Street Stops and Broken Windows (Fagan and Davies, 2000). Please do not read beyond the first 25 pages of the Fagan and Davies article. For this assignment, you will wish to focus on and take good notes on Section I.A and Section B.

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