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Zero Tolerance
Title: Zero Tolerance
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 438 | Pages: 1.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Zero Tolerance
The New York Police Department and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani originally introduced the zero tolerance approach. Based on the information I have read, it appears that New York’s crime rate dropped drastically during the period in which there were zero tolerance policies. According to statistics since 1993, major crime in New York City has fallen by 39% and murder has fallen by 73%. Whether it was this approach, or some other factor, which was responsible for the recent falls in crime in New York and elsewhere, I am
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of jobs, drug addiction, and education issues to truly get to the bottom of crime.
Works Cited:
National Institute of Justice: Research in Brief February 2001
MacDonald, Heather. Whose Zero Tolerance? [Online] Available
http://www.mrcltd.org.au/uploaded_documents/MRC_NEWS_2_Sec_9_Whose_Zero_Tolerance.htm
Cohen, Nick and Katz, Ian. Stopping Serious Crime by 'Zero Tolerance' for Minor Offences. [Online] Available
http://www.globalideasbank.org/diyfut/DIY-93.HTML
Marx, Lucifer. What Would Hitler Do? [Online] Available
http://www.disinfo.com/pages/article/id1637/pg1/
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