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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by jonhohle on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:34AM (#36012774)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City

Violent crime in NYC dropped precipitously with the “Broken Windows” style of law enforcement during Giuliani’s terms as mayor (1994-2002). The advertised theory was to enforce even small crimes like property owners leaving broken windows unrepaired. Hypothetically, the expectation that laws are being enforced makes people more likely to obey laws at all levels. (jokingly: or maybe people were so busy coming into compliance that they ran out of time for murder.)

There’s obviously debate, criticism, etc., regarding the cause but the theory has been applied to programming among other places with some success.

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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by hotpotamus on Saturday May 20, 2023 @11:42AM (#36012843)
Do you think the widespread inability to enforce mask mandates might have lessened peoples' likelihood to obey laws at all levels? Seems a bit analogous to broken windows, no? And timely.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by koolba on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:23PM (#36013228)
Are you comparing a useless gesture of compliance to theft or willful property damage?
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by hotpotamus on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:49PM (#36013482)
The example given was property owners complying with covering broken windows, wasn’t it? Does that seem like a useful gesture of compliance? I believe the idea is more that it sets an example of compliance with authority, but I agree that the whole concepts seems a bit questionable to me.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by pfffr on Saturday May 20, 2023 @04:51PM (#36015492)
How were mask mandates useless? The data is in and they did help prevent spread of infection.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by onlypositive on Saturday May 20, 2023 @05:38PM (#36015853)
No they didn't.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by onlypositive on Saturday May 20, 2023 @10:55PM (#36017627)
https://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/testimony/HPOLSUB-1...
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by csomar on Saturday May 20, 2023 @09:21PM (#36017138)
Do you have any serious and confirmed study of such a thing? So far it doesn't seem that there is any consensus whether masks are useful or just completely useless.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by dllthomas on Saturday May 20, 2023 @02:16PM (#36014255)
The strongest criticism I have seen of a causal link is a claim that violent crime dropped similarly during that period in regions that did not adopt a similar strategy.
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Re:FBI Misused Spy Database, FISA Court Says by webinvest on Monday May 22, 2023 @08:37PM (#36038453)
Somewhere in the book Freakonomics, a study mentioned that crime dropped precipitously in New York because abortion was legalized about 18 years before.
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