Asoka89
11th April 2009, 07:36
http://theactivist.org/blog/the-ruling-class-the-nypd-the-new-school-and-broken-windows
Fixing Broken Windows: Restoring Order and Reducing Crime in Our Communities was an influential urban sociological work published in 1996 (though the theory dates back to the early 80s). Its authors, George L. Kelling and Catherine Coles, conjectured about how best to confront and eliminate crime in urban areas.
The theory states that if petty crime and other minor “anti-social” behavior isn’t aggressively curbed then it will escalate into major crime and/or a serious public nuisance. [...]
Fixing Broken Windows: Restoring Order and Reducing Crime in Our Communities was an influential urban sociological work published in 1996 (though the theory dates back to the early 80s). Its authors, George L. Kelling and Catherine Coles, conjectured about how best to confront and eliminate crime in urban areas.
The theory states that if petty crime and other minor “anti-social” behavior isn’t aggressively curbed then it will escalate into major crime and/or a serious public nuisance. [...]