boston.com - 2/8/2009
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LOWELL - The year was 2005 and Lowell was being turned into a real life crime-fighting laboratory.
betsyspage.blogspot.com - 2/9/2009
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betsyspage.blogspot.com —
Lowell, Massachusetts tried a real-life experiment to see
if the "broken windows" theory of crime actually works....
The theory is that a disorderly environment with graffiti, trash, and broken windows sends a message that no one cares about that ...
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Testing the "broken windows" theory
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Keeping It Cleans Deters Crime
Suburban Guerrilla —
... Now, don’t get me wrong, there is some crime in my neighborhood (mostly car break-ins and theft). But it’s a pretty safe urban area, and not coincidentally, a very clean and well-kept area. So this story confirmed what I already thought: ...
Viking Pundit —
Clean up your street Boston Globe: " Breakthrough on 'broken windows' - In Lowell experiment, crime linked to conditions ". First, a review of the "broken windows" theory and how a sense of order (or disorder) is linked to crime: The broken windows theory was first put forth in a 1982 Atlantic article by James Q. Wilson, a political scientist then at Harvard, and George L. Kelling, a criminologist. The theory suggests that a disorderly environment sends a message that no one is in charge, thus increasing fear, weakening community controls, and inviting criminal behavior. It ...
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