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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’ ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In 1982, criminologists James Wilson and George Kelling introduced the “broken windows theory” in criminal justice. They argued that small signs of neglect, like a broken window, could signal disorder ...

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

Celebrating the close of the calendar and the fresh beginning of a new year is often considered a joyous, celebratory moment in time. For many, New Year’s brings a renewed determination toward ...

Regarding Walter Russell Mead’s “Stale Foreign-Policy Ideas Imperil America” (Global View, Aug. 20): In the 1990s, Mayor Rudy Giuliani helped revive New York City through a “broken-windows” policy, in ...

From Paul Goldberger to Herbert Muschamp, the architecture section of The New York Times has long been the back-alley ghetto of critical coverage. Now, with his latest review, Nicolai Ouroussoff ...

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 ...

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 ...