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Abstract

In the early 1990s, Rudy Giuliani, then the newly elected Mayor of New York City, set out to prove that New York City was in fact, manageable. Duly impressed with the concepts elucidated in an article, "Broken Windows'' by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling, Giuliani was the first big city mayor to put the theory into action. The "Broken Windows" thesis posits that something as simple as a building with a broken window signals abandonment, a lax attitude toward property, and therefore an absence of respect for the law. "Broken Windows" suggests that stopping the little things will prevent the escalation, the acceptance of bigger and bigger infractions.

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Title
The "Broken Windows" Theory
Author
Adams, Joan
Pages
26-27
Section
ADAMS ON PVF Supply
Publication year
2006
Publication date
Jul 2006
Publisher
BNP Media
ISSN
00395935
e-ISSN
19374445
Source type
Trade Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
220030885
Copyright
Copyright BNP Media Jul 2006