Fixing Broken Windows
Subtitle: Restoring Order And Reducing Crime In Our Communities
Publisher: Free Press
Published: January 20, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780684837383
Subjects: Jurisprudence & General Issues; Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology; Law enforcement; United States; Criminology; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Social Science / General; Crime prevention; Police administration
First sentence: IN A REPORT PREPARED FOR THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON LAW Enforcement and Crime in 1967, Albert Biderman and his social science colleagues presented an important finding from surveys of citizens: fear of crime was strongly related to the existence of disorderly conditions in neighborhoods and communities.