Identity or Merit: What Matters More? (Heather Mac Donald)
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Broken Windows Theory of Crime
I think you pay attention to small things and you create a more orderly environment. It's what people in disorderly environments want, even if it didn't have an effect on so-called more serious crimes. I've been to police community meetings in high crime neighborhoods; this is what all those good a lot of people say. You arrest the drug dealers and they're back on the corner the next day. They care, you know, the running red lights is out of control. People are speeding through my neighborhood. Why aren't you enforcing traffic? The answer to all of these, why aren't you, is disparate impact. We would rather not enforce the law than enforce it in a color
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