Social scientists, of course, may want to question whether policing petty crimes has an effect on overall crime rates, or if it just clutters the prison systems in our country. Although not all tax-paying Americans contribute to the cost of these prisoners think alike, some of them will probably dispute social scientists’ theory that indicates that if as a society minor crimes are not policed there will be an increase in more serious crimes being committed. This theory, known as the broken windows theory, shows zero-tolerance policing as a more effective method, and bending the rules for lesser crimes would go against this ideology, and in the end, prove to be less than beneficial for society.
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