Community-based policing has now come to mean everything. It's a slogan. It has come to mean so many different things that people who endorse it, such as the Congress of the United States, do not know what they are talking about.
There are no more liberals Theyve all been mugged. - James Q. Wilson
There are no more liberals Theyve all been mugged.
- James Q. Wilson
Public order is a fragile thing, and if you don't fix the first broken window, soon all the windows will be broken. - James Q. Wilson
Public order is a fragile thing, and if you don't fix the first broken window, soon all the windows will be broken.
Many, if not most, of the difficulties we experience in dealing with government agencies arise from the agencies being part of a fragmented and open … - James Q. Wilson
Many, if not most, of the difficulties we experience in dealing with government agencies arise from the agencies being part of a fragmented and open …
We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds for the scienti… - James Q. Wilson
We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds for the scienti…
One unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing. - James Q. Wilson
One unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing.
The selection process has been powerful enough to produce one indisputable outcome: the family is a universal human institution. . . . In virtually e… - James Q. Wilson
The selection process has been powerful enough to produce one indisputable outcome: the family is a universal human institution. . . . In virtually e…
Window-breaking does not necessarily occur on a large scale because some areas are inhabited by determined window-breakers whereas others are populat… - James Q. Wilson
Window-breaking does not necessarily occur on a large scale because some areas are inhabited by determined window-breakers whereas others are populat…
Police ought to protect communities as well as individuals.... Just as physicians now recognize the importance of fostering health rather than simply… - James Q. Wilson
Police ought to protect communities as well as individuals.... Just as physicians now recognize the importance of fostering health rather than simply…
The most remarkable change in the moral history of mankind has been the rise - and occasionally the application - of the view that all people, and no… - James Q. Wilson
The most remarkable change in the moral history of mankind has been the rise - and occasionally the application - of the view that all people, and no…
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