A Libertarian Analysis of “BrokenWindow” Policing

Walter Block ()
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Walter Block: Loyola University, USA.

Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, 2015, vol. 2, issue 3, 99-107

Abstract: “Broken window” policing refers to the practice of stopping small relatively unimportant crimes (windows broken by hooligans) so that more serious ones will decrease. If the windows are allowed to be broken, criminals will get the message there is little or nothing to stop them from breaking more serious laws. The present paper looks at this practice from a libertarian point of view, and finds some of it justified, some of it not.

Keywords: Libertarianism; Crime; Safety; Policing. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 K14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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