The famous "broken windows" theory - that graffiti, broken windows, litter, etc., lead to more serious crimes - led to the curbing of crime in New York City. In NYC, subway fare dodgers were arrested, public urination was prosecuted, graffiti was scrubbed off subway trains, and this all coincided with a precipitous drop off in crime.
Now the broken windows theory has been demonstrated experimentally: http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12630201&CFID=31056247&CFTOKEN=41038121 A neat, orderly, law-abiding neighbourhood might well be the way to discourage crime in general. Just food for thought. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
