An incident the Los Angeles Times reported took place in a South Carolina high school. A white policeman was caught on a cell phone camera dragging a struggling girl (who was black) out of her desk. This happened in October 27, 2015. I believe that this news article exhibits how this incident shows a more recent demonstration of the broken glass theory.
The police want to lessen crime around the country. By taking a more aggressive position toward even small crimes the goal is to cause the amount of large crimes to go down. Now, the reason I think the broken glass theory works here is because the reason the police were called in the first place was because the girl in the incident refused to leave the classroom. Before the police were called
The police want to lessen crime around the country. By taking a more aggressive position toward even small crimes the goal is to cause the amount of large crimes to go down. Now, the reason I think the broken glass theory works here is because the reason the police were called in the first place was because the girl in the incident refused to leave the classroom. Before the police were called