Adam J. McKee | Britannica

Adam J. McKee

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas at Monticello; Adjunct Professor, University of the Cumberlands. Author of Arkansas Criminal Law: A Guide for Enforcement. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (1)

broken windows theory

Broken windows theory, academic theory proposed by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling in 1982 that used broken windows as a metaphor for disorder within neighborhoods. Their theory links disorder and incivility within a community to subsequent occurrences of serious crime. Prior to the development…

Publications (2)

Arkansas Criminal Law A Guide for Enforcement (April 2007)

By Adam J. McKee

A concise treatment of the basic principles of criminal law, the elements of specific Arkansas offenses, evidence law, and the laws of procedure that Arkansas law enforcement officers and other criminal justice professionals need to know.

Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002)

By David Levinson

"The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment provides the much-needed practices, policies, and research and will be of interest to students, teachers, and the general reader alike. This work should be on the shelves of all libraries with collections in the social sciences."

Larry E. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Chief Librarian, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Crime. It started with Cain and Abel, and it won’t end with the Sopranos. Our fascination with transgression...