[Chat] [Discussion] Study of "Broken Windows" theory of crime prevention

[Jonathan Wetmiller]

Interesting.  There was also an article in The Economist a few weeks ago about a series of  experiments in the Netherlands that reached similar conclusions:

http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12630201&CFID=48064737&CFTOKEN=30048721

-Jon

--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Emil Volcheck <volcheck at acm.org> wrote:

From: Emil Volcheck <volcheck at acm.org>
Subject: [Discussion] Study of "Broken Windows" theory of crime prevention
To: "Charles Village Discussion List" <discussion at charlesvillage.info>, "Charles Village Chat List" <chat at charlesvillage.info>
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 7:27 PM

Hello, neighbors,

I recommend this story in the online edition of the Boston Globe
which reports on a study in Lowell, MA that tested the "broken
windows" theory of crime prevention using a controlled experiment:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/08/breakthrough_on_broken_windows/
 .

--Emil

-- 
Emil Volcheck
volcheck at acm.org
http://EmilVolcheck.com/

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