Professor Peter C. Moskos
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Broken Windows
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Lecture power point
 

Kelling and Wilson (1982) - Broken Windows


If nothing else, read this!
Levitt (2004) -- Understanding why crime fell in the 1990s

This article is not explicitly about Broken Windows. But it is a well known article and a key piece in the debate.

Gladwell (1996) -- Tipping Point
From the New Yorker. A non-academic look at the crime drop.

Kelling (1999) - Broken Windows and Police Discretion

 
Harcourt and Ludwig (2006) -- New evidence from NYC
 
Bratton and Kelling (2006) -- There are no cracks in the Broken Windows
 
Bratton (1998) - Turnaround (excerpt)

This reading is password protected. See the information above.
This reading is optional, but you're really not going understand Broken Windows in action unless you read it.