Month: July 2019

Is “Broken Windows” Broken? – KPFA

This is an interesting interview on the effects of the application of Broken Windows Policing on homeless people.

The premise of the interview was that when minor violations of law are enforced on homeless people it makes them more disorderly.

I think this premise is flawed because it is similar to saying that enforcement of speeding laws creates more speeders because by stopping someone who was speeding now makes them late to wherever they were going and now they have to speed more!!!

Is “Broken Windows” Broken? – KPFA
— Read on kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-16-2019/

Dr. Sparks article

How to fight gun violence in American cities – Vox

This is a nice article that outlines Abt’s book “Bleeding Out”. It has links to other useful and interesting publications.

Urban gun violence is a big problem. Thomas Abt’s new book, Bleeding Out, offers a solution.
— Read on www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/12/20679091/thomas-abt-bleeding-out-urban-gun-violence-book-review

Kerner Report Resources

Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/8073NCJRS.pdf

 

Summary report http://www.eisenhowerfoundation.org/docs/kerner.pdf

 

The Haas Institute has a conference about the 50th anniversary of The Kerner Report. There is a publication (listed below) and videos from the conference at there website. They lean far left.

The Haas Institute

https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/

 

Several Links here. Links to the conference videos.

https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/road-not-taken

 

PUBLICATION:

The Road Not Taken: Housing and Criminal Justice 50 Years After the Kerner Commission Report

https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/haas_institute_road_not_taken_kerner_publish_may_2019.pdf

 

The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7758/rsf.4.issue-6?refreqid=excelsior%3Abeb9e7f8723ec6ba3edae780c80156b1

 

What together we can do A forty year update of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders

https://edpolicy.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/events/materials/kernerexecutivesummary.pdf

 

The Kerner Commission Report Fifty Years Later: Revisiting the American Dream

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.7758/rsf.2018.4.6.01.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ae07ac8568f2d102be65079041f573971

 

The Kerner Commission — 40 Years Later

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/03282008/profile.html

San Francisco’s BART “Blitz” Demonstrates Effectiveness Of Broken Windows.

This is an excellent example of Broken Windows Theory working in the real world. Awesome!

San Francisco’s BART “Blitz” Demonstrates Effectiveness Of Broken Windows.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/san-francisco-bart-blitz

Here are additional stories on Broken Windows Theory:

How NY became Safe

https://www.city-journal.org/html/how-new-york-became-safe-full-story-13197.html

Who Saved NY

https://www.city-journal.org/html/who-saved-new-york-15804.html

Beyond the Algorithm: Pretrial Reform, Risk Assessment, and Racial Fairness | Center for Court Innovation

Risk Assessment is a HOT BUTTON issue for the Criminal Justice System. Why is it broken now? Is it broken or is it working too good?

Drawing on a case study of more than 175,000 defendants in New York City, this report concludes concerns over risk assessments perpetuating racial disparities in pretrial decisions are real. However, at least in the New York City example, it finds a more targeted use of risk assessments could both significantly reduce pretrial detention and alleviate racial disparities. But realizing that potential requires jurisdictions to think “beyond the algorithm”—what do they want to use a risk assessment for?
— Read on www.courtinnovation.org/publications/beyond-algorithm