Talk:Fixing Broken Windows

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the "Critics of the theory" section needs a rewrite. It is actually very anti-critic and therefore npov 66.75.49.213 06:00, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree. I have re-cast the section to remove rebuttals. This is a list of criticisms that have been offered, not a debating ground. Fumblebruschi 21:26, 15 June 2006 (UTC)


Footer contains a link to the unrelated article "Broken window fallacy". The author states this is unrelated. I say don't link to it then.


[edit] To do

  • ISBN and authors' names.
  • Detail NYC crime rates (5% decrease or 25% or what? And in which categories of crime?) or link to relevant page.
    • Definitely not a decrease in rape, that's for sure.

--Ed Poor

I haven't read Freakanomics in a while, but I believe they said that the drop in the crime rate was not due to stricter gun laws. I think the third factor was more police on the streets, but I'd have to double check. --Spambi


I'm not sure if it's worth mentioning on the page, but in Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point" he refers to this principle a lot, but I don't think he refers to it as the "broken windows theory." At least, I can't recall him calling it that. Kat, Queen of Typos 10:33, 2 January 2006 (UTC)


There's a section on the Broken Windows Theory from page 141-146, in the chapter "The Power of Context (Part One) =3

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