William J. Bratton

looted, turned upside down, and destroyed. To put the broken windows theory to the test, Kelling was hired as a consultant by the New York City Transit Authority. The subway system was cleaned—specifically targeting graffiti removal. In 1990, William Bratton, an admirer of Kelling, took over the Transit Police and implemented a zero-tolerance for fare-dodging and easier processing of those arrested. These strategies, among others, became part of Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s “quality of life” initiative.

security guards at stations to not allow people to sneak into the trains. By doing these things, this did not manipulate the on goers that saw this but it allowed everyone to see how to be a "role model." These little things that the Gunn and William Bratton choose to do set the community up for excellence rather than failure. Gladwell states that if Goetz would have met up with the four young black men in a different place the shooting most likely would not have taken place. Because the train station

The use of smartphone cameras changed the way that police were perceived as well. Accusations of police brutality could now be supported with video evidence instead of just a victim’s word against an officer. While filming police during stops and quality-of-life policing can hold the officer accountable in incidents of police brutality, cell phone video footage doesn’t always tell the whole story. In August, two Kansas police officers came under scrutiny after a 36 second video was posted on social

In “Where have all of the criminals gone?,” Levitt and Dubner discuss the theorized causes of the unexpected crime drop in the 1990s. Before introducing all of the possibilities, the authors provide a brief history of abortion in Romania. When Nicolae Ceausescu became dictator of Romania he made abortion illegal, banned contraception, and discontinued sex education in hopes of growing the population (p. 116). The children born following this were “worse in every measurable way: they would test lower

commissioner in 1994, William Bratton has transformed NYPD into an effective deterrent of crime through a series of strategic organizational changes. Crime rate in New York has decreased by 25.9% in just a year compared to the average national rate of 5.4%. Now, NYPD’s results oriented strategy needs to sustain its momentum and continue to produce results, despite falling budgets, labor disputes and difficulty in getting resources allocated. In this paper, I will review the challenges Bratton faced, analyze

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and discuss the three different policing strategies known as, broken windows, zero tolerance, and problem oriented policing. Each of these strategies have both their pros and cons throughout this paper I will be describing each of these strategies along with discussing a few articles in relation to these strategies. In light of the recent tension between law enforcement and the community, specifically minorities ill also be discussing how these strategies have

If the change in behavior of one individual is a natural act results from internal transformation and external influences, then cultural change is an inscrutable mystery. Which factor is influential enough to cause a change in a society composed of individuals with different thoughts? There is no definite answer to this question, because there never exists one solid element that changes an entire society. There is always a combination of reasons behind such changes. However, there is always one solid

“It was him, looming over them, a gun at his side. Kevin” (Sparks 309). A battered wife, Katie, runs away to a small town in North Carolina called Southport, in order to start a new life. She is a waitress at a local restaurant there, but keeps a low profile. She soon meets a widower named Alex and his children, and finally begins to feel safe. Just as Katie has moved on, her abusive husband, Kevin, a detective for the Boston Police Department, finds her after months of searching. Now, the past is

William Henry Bonney: The Short Lived Journey of a Boy Without a Mother In the tale of the famous American outlaw William Henry McCarty, Jr famously known as, Billy the Kid, the west is portrayed erroneously as the land of freedom and rebellion by exemplifying actions of William’s exploits. However, in reality the west that Billy the Kid knew was a cutthroat and barbarous land filled with outlaws and lonesome juveniles. Billy the Kid is a personification of the American passion for western legends

The Fulbright Program “A human being is part of a whole, called by us the “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest -a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affections for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living