Zero Tolerance

Zero tolerance was introduced in New York in 1994 and was _______________ for reducing crime

Widely applauded

For example, any train cart with graffiti was taken off the tracks and police arrested…

Homeless people sleeping in train stations

A03: Young argues that zero tolerance is a myth

It’s success was a myth peddled by police and politicians to take…

Credit for the falling crime rates

Crime in NY had already been falling since 1985 which was _______ before it was introduced

It was also falling in other US cities that ______________

9 years

Didn’t have ZT

Police used ZT to justify their existence due to the shortage of serious crime. They ‘______________’ - they arrested people for minor Deviant acts and relabelled them as now being _______________

Defined crime up

Worthy of punishment

ZT is only effective at tackling _____________ and ignores corporate crime

Petty street crime