http://tucsoncitizen.com/view-from-baja-arizona/2011/07/20/fight-about-reforms-to-secure-communities-program-heats-up/ brought to you by Hugh Holub Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:56:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://tucsoncitizen.com/view-from-baja-arizona/2011/07/20/fight-about-reforms-to-secure-communities-program-heats-up/#comment-16209 hacimo Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:06:45 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/view-from-baja-arizona/?p=2404#comment-16209 0 minute ago (7:57 PM)
Throughout the great US crime wave that started in 1960 and peaked in around 1990, the predominan­t approach of police was to focus limited resources of “major” crimes like murder and robbery and assault. There was little success with this approach. The tide finally turned when the Giuliani administra­tion in New York city introduced the idea of arresting and punishing people for minor”stre­et” crimes like verbal assault, littering and disorderly conduct. The tactic had dramatic effects because of something called the “broken window theory” which is an idea introduced in a 1982 article by social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. The broken windows theory is a criminolog­ical theory of the norm setting and signaling effects of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and anti-socia­l behavior. The theory states that monitoring and maintainin­g urban environmen­ts in a well-order­ed condition may prevent further vandalism as well as an escalation into more serious crime. It is clear from this theory that there is a very good reason for the secure communities program to deports aliens for minor crimes and misdemeanors. It will indirectly have a very large and beneficial societal impact and will greatly deter overall criminal behavior among illegal immigrants­. It is very wrong to view this as unjust or inappropriate. It really works in practice, it saves lives, and it is the most cost-effec­tive approach to maintainin­g a safe society.

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]]> http://tucsoncitizen.com/view-from-baja-arizona/2011/07/20/fight-about-reforms-to-secure-communities-program-heats-up/#comment-15697 Fight about reforms to Secure Communities program heats up Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:01:00 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/view-from-baja-arizona/?p=2404#comment-15697 [...] Source: Tucson Citizen [...]

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