VOA慢速英语:James Q. Wilson Changes Policing in America

短语讲解：

1. They also look at some of the ways technology is leading law enforcement into the future.
 
look at 看；评判
例句：Now, let's look at the features!
现在，让我们来审视这些特性吧！

2. The idea was that keeping order in a community and fighting low- level crime can lead to a reduction in more serious crimes.

keep order 维持秩序
例句：Unpaid police officers and soldiers are unlikely to keep order.
拿不到工资的警员和士兵不太可能出来维持秩序。

3. The broken windows theory represented a very different way to look at policing methods at a time when, in many cities, crime seemed out of control.

at a time 依次， 逐一， 每次
例句：Chew a half stick of gum at a time.
一次只嚼半片口香糖。
out of control 失去控制；失控；
例句：Corruption is completely out of control.
腐败行为完全不受控制。

4. Criminologists across the United States had pretty much given up hope that police could have any effect on crime.

give up 放弃
例句：Should I give up this dream?
我应该放弃这梦想吗？

5. The idea of community policing - of trying to work with the community being policed - has spread throughout the country.

work with 与...一起工作
例句：Would you like me to work with you today?
你喜欢我今天和你一起工作吗？

6. CompStat has critics. They say officers and supervisors who feel pressure to show improvements may be tempted to think of dishonest ways to do it.

think of 考虑；想起
例句：Why think of trouble before it comes?
为何在之前就想到麻烦呢？

7. That book came out in 2002. He served on a number of national and presidential commissions.

a number of 许多的；一些
例句：A number of drawbacks come to mind.
下面就是一些不好的方面。

8. The recordings may help settle any questions about the behavior of officers or the people they deal with.

deal with 惠顾； 与…交易
例句：Can you deal with the money part?
你能处理钱的部分吗？

9. Officials are concerned about an increase in the killing of law enforcement officers in the United States, even as crime rates have dropped.

concern about 使（自己）关心…
例句：The first is continuing market concern about sovereign debt.
首先是市场对主权债务的持续担忧。