Reimagining Broken Windows: From Theory to Policy

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 447-463

  Welsh, Brandon C ^a,b   Braga, Anthony A ^c,d   Bruinsma, Gerben J N ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

broken windows; community problem solving; disorder; procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930510131     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427815581399     Document Type: Article

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