Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
Check the pot and drug sentences then and now...
And then agree to agree w/ you 100% on that particular aspect.
Reed
Another way of describing the "Broken Window Theory" JMM, is the social cues theory. Basically that signs of disorder are a signal to criminals that "open" criminal activity is OK or at least unenforcible. Note that it only works on "open" criminal activity (visable activity) but that this is often the most important in "percieved" public safty. So the "broken window" enforcement has little to do with lowering actual major crime rates, but a lot to do with public perceptions of safety. Of course in COIN, public perception of safety matters.
Reed