Looking through broken windows: the impact of neighborhood disorder on aggression and fear of crime is an artifact of research design - O'Brien DT, Farrell C, Welsh BC.

Broken windows theory (BWT) has heavily influenced social science and policy over the past 30 years. It posits that disorder in neighborhoods leads to elevated crime by inviting additional criminal activity and by discouraging the positive social behavior ...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news