Comments on: A Del.icio.us Potpourri for April 23rd, 2008 through May 9th, 2008 http://www.davetrowbridge.com/blog/2008/05/09/a-delicious-potpourri-for-april-23rd-2008-through-may-9th-2008/ A journal of heart, mind, and soul Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave http://www.davetrowbridge.com/blog/2008/05/09/a-delicious-potpourri-for-april-23rd-2008-through-may-9th-2008/#comment-7623 Dave Sat, 24 May 2008 04:27:58 +0000 http://www.davetrowbridge.com/blog/2008/05/09/a-delicious-potpourri-for-april-23rd-2008-through-may-9th-2008/#comment-7623 Good questions! I agree that no particular statistic is overwhelming, but the weight of evidence certainly seems to call some of the "received wisdom" about crime control into question. However, the lack of statistical analysis in the piece makes it impossible to really answer your challenge, since we have no idea Just how significant these results are. I posted this because I think we need some new thinking about crime, since our current approaches are so obviously broken. This is just one piece in the puzzle. Good questions!

I agree that no particular statistic is overwhelming, but the weight of evidence certainly seems to call some of the “received wisdom” about crime control into question. However, the lack of statistical analysis in the piece makes it impossible to really answer your challenge, since we have no idea Just how significant these results are.

I posted this because I think we need some new thinking about crime, since our current approaches are so obviously broken. This is just one piece in the puzzle.

]]> By: Brian http://www.davetrowbridge.com/blog/2008/05/09/a-delicious-potpourri-for-april-23rd-2008-through-may-9th-2008/#comment-7594 Brian Wed, 21 May 2008 02:26:58 +0000 http://www.davetrowbridge.com/blog/2008/05/09/a-delicious-potpourri-for-april-23rd-2008-through-may-9th-2008/#comment-7594 Re: Broken Window. Am I reading the charts wrong, but SF's data doesn't appear to be so conclusively superior. Plus, are the other three California cities "broken windows theory" cities? Given how underpoliced (on a per capita basis) Los Angeles is, is LA a bwt city? Re: Broken Window. Am I reading the charts wrong, but SF’s data doesn’t appear to be so conclusively superior. Plus, are the other three California cities “broken windows theory” cities? Given how underpoliced (on a per capita basis) Los Angeles is, is LA a bwt city?

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