The sound you heard was windows being smashed at the East Wing. The sound you did not hear was questions from officials paid to ...

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James Q. Wilson, who helped launch revolution in law enforcement, was 80. Harvard government professor James Q. Wilson is shown in Boston in 1972. Wilson, a political scientist whose ‘broken windows’ ...

BOSTON (AP) – Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose “broken windows” theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was ...

Pueblo City Council approved $50,000 for the Small Business Window Repair Mini-Grant Program on Oct. 27. Here's what the ...

Q: I enjoyed reading the “A different kind of patrol” article (SMDP, Feb. 9, page 1) last week. What is the “broken windows theory?” A: Great question. The broken windows theory was originally ...

When I used to live in Colorado, I noticed a strange pattern at trailheads. Some had colorful piles of bagged dog poop stacked around the signposts, while others were perfectly clean. What was ...

“Back from the Brink,” Peter Moskos’ new book chronicling New York City’s remarkable 1990s crime drop, revives something largely absent from national discourse in recent years: the voice of cops. It ...

Graffiti on the public works building and other structures in National City isn't just an eyesore. It's a problem that costs the city tens of thousands of dollars a year and compounds other issues.

I recently wrote about the lessons I learned from Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson, a 20-year-old book that changed the way I keep house. One such lesson that Mendelson talks about is the "broken ...