George L. Kelling
Criminologist and co-author of the 1982 'Broken Windows' article, known for promoting the order-maintenance approach to policing and for speaking about its intentions and limits.
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May 30, 2017 • 29min
Broken Windows
Bernard Harcourt, a law professor critiquing broken windows policing, and George L. Kelling, the criminologist who originated the idea, discuss how a simple metaphor reshaped law enforcement. They trace the theory’s origins, its adoption in city policing, the surge in misdemeanor enforcement and stop-and-frisk, and the unintended harms and contested evidence surrounding its impact.
