In recent studies, some criminologists suggest that the “Broken Windows Theory” actually does not address the crime problem. A November 1, 2016 NPR podcast offers some background on the emergence of this theory in New York City in the early 1990s and recent studies indicating the problems with the theory in practice: How A Theory  of Crime And Policing Was Born, And Went Terribly Wrong. 

The link (www.businessinsider.com — Broken Windows policing is far from over) also offers an article on the Business Insider that suggests that this model will continue and why.  The most hotly debated policing strategy of the last 20 years is far from finished. 

Based on the information presented in (www.npr.org) Broken Windows- Hidden Brain, as well as any other research like that you’d like to visit, outline the pros and cons of “Broken Windows” Policing.

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