I will try to be more scholarly in my response. I am also going to quote Christpher Jencks,
"James Q. Wilson and George Kelling developed this argument called the broken windows theory, which was that if you go into a neighborhood and you see a lot of broken windows, it tells you that nobody around here cares, that nobody's looking out for the neighborhood, that if you go break some more windows, nobody's going to do anything about it, and in some broader sense, anything goes." http://www.pbs.org/fmc/segments/progseg13.htm My response was meant to address fxwâs anger about what he/she perceives as lawlessness. The PPD doesnât really enforce quality of life crimes. It takes a lot to move the PPD in to action about some crimes they perceive as trivial. Wilsonâs argument about "broken windows" was that if the police paid attention to some of the smaller stuff it would prevent the bigger stuff. bga P.S. Since Ms. McNamara is at the Vet School, Iâm guessing she is not completely unbiased on the subject. In a message dated 10/27/2003 12:10:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Just because a dog kills a squirrel does not mean the dog will kill a child. Come > off it. Can't the UC community focus on issues that are a little more substantial > like discrimination or prejudice. These things still do exist. I'm mean, GET A > LIFE. Please. > > > Sincerely, > > Elizabeth McNamara > > > Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:47:27 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [UC] Ah Hah! Just what I was looking for! > X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 > X-AOL-IP: 199.200.253.9 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I agree the dogs are a problem. > > The PPD doesn't really focus on quality of life crimes ... > > Someone is probably going to have to get mauled before anything is done about it. > > Because no one makes official complaints, the PPD will say they didn't know it was a > problem. > > bga > > In a message dated 10/27/2003 11:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > Dear Kate, > > Thanks for the link to the Roll Call complaint. I am going to use it to make a RCC > about the dogs left to run loose in the bowl at Clark Park. > > The use of the bowl by the dog owners is lawless and dangerous.Last week one of the > dogs ran up from the bowl and killed a squirel righ by the tot lot. Next time it > could be one of the kids! > > I'm posting this complaint on the listserve mainly so my friends in this online > community will be on notice. I'm mad as hell about the dogs, and I'm not going to > take it anymore! > > There is no right to own an animal, and the park is not a dog park. > > fx > > P.S. Does anyone know what happened to UC DOG? http://www.ucdog.org/ > > > > In a message dated 10/27/2003 10:35:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > > From what I'm reading it's beyond one particular block and I don't get the > > impression that the "block captain" system in the neighborhood is all that > > organized. For those reasons, sending the batch of concerns over to the > > 18th seems like a good idea or use the online form (is > this the tracking > > system you reference BG)? > > > > The roll call complaint info and form can be found at: > > > > http://www.ppdonline.org/ppd3_rollcall.htm > > > > KWG > Elizabeth McNamara > University of Pennsylvania > School of Veterinary Medicine > 3800 Spruce Street, Rm. 172 E > Philadelphia, PA 19104-6047 > > (215) 746-7461 > FAX (215) 573-3544 ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
