THEORY

Broken Window Theory

Broken Window Theory

Introduction

The “Broken Window” theory was first written by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in 1982. It focuses on fighting against crime and argues that crime should be fixed when it is in initial phases or earliest stages. The theory states that when vandals break two or three windows and get no punish, they will surely break more windows than that. Next, they might break to a building to steal its contents or set it on fire. Also, the argument can be made for looking the other side of the picture that ...