<\/span>no citizen in a neighborhood, even an organized one, is likely to feel the sense of responsibility that wearing a badge confers. Psychologists have done many studies on why people fail to go to the aid of persons being attacked or seeking help, and they have learned that the cause is not \u2018apathy\u2019 or \u2018selfishness\u2019 but the absence of some plausible grounds for feeling that one must personally accept responsibility. . . .\u00a0avoiding responsibility is easier when a lot of people are standing about. On streets and in public places, where order is so important, many people are likely to be \u201caround,\u201d a fact that reduces the chance of any one person acting as the agent of the community. The police officer\u2019s uniform singles him out as a person who must accept responsibility if asked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nClothes make the man.\u00a0Investiture is no \u201cmere symbol.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pastors who are reluctant to wear clerical collars, take note!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In their classic 1982 article on \u201cbroken windows\u201d policing, George Kelling and James Q.\u00a0Wilson note that while many communities can self-police to some degree, actual uniformed police are essential:\u00a0 no citizen in a neighborhood, even an organized one, is likely to feel the sense of responsibility that wearing a badge confers. Psychologists have done many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,1854,1855],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clothing","category-police","category-uniform"],"yoast_head":"\n
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