Focusing on crime requires those who live in areas that are blighted by it to stop, allowing it in part to be hidden or protected by making such places, unsafe for criminals by cooperating with authorities, rather than the codes of silence for 'reasons', that makes prosecuting crime in many cases almost impossible.
While it is realistically always going to be hard to totally eradicate all crime small or large, that would make the such areas much better, there is much to say that while American policing has not always the best, "the broken windows policy" did improve New York. despite criticisms of it as a policy.
These are just two links are the top two results of 'DuckDuckgoing' "the broken windows policy".
In cities where Broken Windows has taken root, there’s little evidence that it's worked as intended. Newark, N.J. is one example.
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be sure to read the full article.
What Works in Policing? What Works in Policing? Review of the Research Evidence Seattle Police Case Study Resources Broken Windows Policing Resources What is Broken Windows Policing? Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety (George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson, Atlantic Monthly) What...
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While an imperfect policy, i think its a decent place to start, it does require though an area to both want to see improvement and a will to be policed to succeed. As I stated previously "making such places, unsafe for criminals by cooperating with authorities, rather than the codes of silence for 'reasons" is key.
This brings us us to the politics, that many areas of poverty and depravation are and have been historically held and controlled by the political left, is something that boggles my and many others I am sure minds.
It is much the same in the US, that many of the cities that have seen riot and looting, are run by those who are part of or aligned with the Democratic Party who have elected official's in high office, who have the same immutable characteristics as those who exclaim its is discrimination that holds us down.
Why do such people continue to vote for such politicians, on 'both sides of the pond' is it that they. Are as tribal as they claim others are and thus they should vote for a party that tells them its not their fault, rather its the white capitalist system.
Clearly given how long such areas have been under democratic control at the state level, and 8 years of a democratic president prior to President Trump being elected. Chicago is a war zone, black on black death rate that make sickening reading year on year.
But let us look just at the UK though, how many places have constantly voted for labour run councils, yet are still the same year on year. Racial tensions, poor prospects, over stretched public services, and race baiting used at every turn to hold on to power. Those in power dont want good policing they want special policing yet would discount trying a broken windows policy as it would be unfair to the poor oppressed graffiti artist, who is empowered by tagging.
That there are pockets of conservatives councils in such areas, which means that not everyone is buy that piffle, particularly when you consider that London is only 44 percent white. But the stereotype pushed by the left is that the conservatives party is only for and only represents whites, and those who are not white are coconuts which is pure racism. That these blue pockets are so small and the Red areas so large maintains such a fiction.
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While the fall of the RED Wall in December 2019 and could change some things, that is more dependant of how much the Covid 19 pandemic has thrown the most massive spanner ever seen into ability of a UK Government to be able to change things, in a way that all should benefit. Rather at present it is only able to focus on just fire fighting to stop the system collapsing into chaos.
Also note, that while I have voted conservative all my life I dont find the modern conservative party hold to real conservative ideology, just as Blair was accused of being Blue Labour, the conservative part has since Cameron become Red Conservative but that is not what this thread is about.