I used to not believe in that theory, but it looks like there is something to it. Perhaps by promptly removing litter, graffiti, etc., we can reduce crime in general.
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Yeah, that was Professor James Q. Wilson of UCLA and others that came up with that. Guliani used that philosophy when he was mayor of New York.
I buy this but it seems there is a predicament, namely the classic “what came first, the chicken or…” one (aka, putting the cart before the horse).
Broken windows don’t create criminals.
Broken windows are a signaling mechanism for criminals to hover around like flies on shit.
You can literally, theoretically, have a city with no broken windows but there would still be criminal behavior. Who would break the first window?