Reflecting on the Subject: A Critique of the Social Influence Conception of Deterrence, the Broken Windows Theory, and Order-Maintenance Policing New York Style

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  • Bernard E. Harcourt
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* Associate Professor of Law, University of Arizona College of Law. A 3 . 1984, Princeton; J.D. 1989, MA (Political Science) 1998, Ph.D. Candidate (Political Science), Harvard. — Ed. Special thanks for comments on earlier drafts to Seyla Benhabib, Thomas Ertman, Michael Gottfredson, David Golove, Travis Hirschi, Bonnie Honig, David Kennedy, Duncan Kennedy, Randall Kennedy, Toni Massaro, Tracey Meares, Frank Michelman, Martha Minow, Tanma Rostain, Carol Steiker, Richard "Back, Robert Williams; participants at the 1998 annual meetings of the American Political Science Association and the Law and Society Association; and my colleagues in the work-in-progress workshop at the University of Arizona. Special thanks for comments and assistance on the quantitative analysis to Gary King, Michael Tomz, and the Data Center staff at Harvard University; and for exceptional research assistance to Maureen Gannon, Jenna Karadbil and Dev Stahlkopf.

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تاریخ انتشار 2005