Much ado about nothing: "broken windows" versus "what works"

There is an urgent need to reconcile two very useful public safety and social justice paradigms--the broken windows theory and the what works principle. In short, what works matters and broken windows embodies the potential to make it obvious.

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Published in:Corrections Today 2003-02, Vol.65 (1), p.30
Main Author: Paparozzi, Mario
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Community-based corrections
Criminal justice
Criminal justice, Administration of
National security
Public safety
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Summary:There is an urgent need to reconcile two very useful public safety and social justice paradigms--the broken windows theory and the what works principle. In short, what works matters and broken windows embodies the potential to make it obvious.
ISSN:0190-2563
2163-2200