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When Sohrab says "we learned long ago" that cracking down on small disorder leads to a decline in major crimes he& #39;s referring to Broken Windows Theory which is an infamous piece of popular pseudo-science.
First, it is empirically false ...
@ebruenig @SohrabAhmari
First, it is empirically false ...
@ebruenig @SohrabAhmari
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The empirical analysis to look at here is Harcourt& #39;s *The Illusion of Order* (& other writings).
One upshot from that worthy study: other cities that did NOT implement broken windows crackdowns in the 90s also experienced similar or larger declines in crime @BernardHarcourt
The empirical analysis to look at here is Harcourt& #39;s *The Illusion of Order* (& other writings).
One upshot from that worthy study: other cities that did NOT implement broken windows crackdowns in the 90s also experienced similar or larger declines in crime @BernardHarcourt
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Second what counts as "disorder" conceptually?
The concept looks colorblind but is in fact racist & anti-poor when operationalized. Poor people& #39;s crimes count heavily (broken windows, public drinking, jumping turnstiles) & the full force of police is brought down on them...
Second what counts as "disorder" conceptually?
The concept looks colorblind but is in fact racist & anti-poor when operationalized. Poor people& #39;s crimes count heavily (broken windows, public drinking, jumping turnstiles) & the full force of police is brought down on them...
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Meanwhile, many crimes more frequently perpetrated by the wealthier (and in the US whiter) citizenry are NOT classified as disorder that must be eradicated w/ zero-tolerance (e.g. paying the nanny or gardener under the table) even when such crimes cost the state far more money
Meanwhile, many crimes more frequently perpetrated by the wealthier (and in the US whiter) citizenry are NOT classified as disorder that must be eradicated w/ zero-tolerance (e.g. paying the nanny or gardener under the table) even when such crimes cost the state far more money
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There is in fact an entire zone of tolerated illegalities among the wealthy--it is widely known, for example, that their drug use (on college campuses, at high end hotels, clubs & homes) is not sentenced or treated as zero tolerance.
@BernardHarcourt is also superb on this.
There is in fact an entire zone of tolerated illegalities among the wealthy--it is widely known, for example, that their drug use (on college campuses, at high end hotels, clubs & homes) is not sentenced or treated as zero tolerance.
@BernardHarcourt is also superb on this.
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In *We Built Reality* I argue at length that Broken Windows was part of a larger technocratic, pseudo-scientific politics that made mass incarceration & militarized policing on (some) small crimes appear "neutral" and "rational" policy.
See ch 5: "Sciences of Zero Tolerance"
In *We Built Reality* I argue at length that Broken Windows was part of a larger technocratic, pseudo-scientific politics that made mass incarceration & militarized policing on (some) small crimes appear "neutral" and "rational" policy.
See ch 5: "Sciences of Zero Tolerance"
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There& #39;s no small irony that the new Catholic far Right (Ahmari, Deneen, Vermeule) is entangled in highly technocratic forms of thinking that share much with various forms of the liberalism & the modernity they spend so much time maligning.
I have treated the others elsewhere.
There& #39;s no small irony that the new Catholic far Right (Ahmari, Deneen, Vermeule) is entangled in highly technocratic forms of thinking that share much with various forms of the liberalism & the modernity they spend so much time maligning.
I have treated the others elsewhere.
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What can simply be said here to my fellow Catholics: Theirs is a false rebellion & a false alternative to our current political woes.
They rightly see some thing has gone wrong but have not spent enough time learning from those who saw the problems w/ neoliberalism long ago.
What can simply be said here to my fellow Catholics: Theirs is a false rebellion & a false alternative to our current political woes.
They rightly see some thing has gone wrong but have not spent enough time learning from those who saw the problems w/ neoliberalism long ago.
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Lastly: Happy Mother& #39;s Day!
Begin to try to love (and this means understand) your neighbors mothers and children as much as yourself and you may be a first step down the road of calling yourself "Christian"...
Lastly: Happy Mother& #39;s Day!
Begin to try to love (and this means understand) your neighbors mothers and children as much as yourself and you may be a first step down the road of calling yourself "Christian"...
