Fixing the Right Broken Windows: New Evidence on Crime Reduction Strategies
This brief discusses how community-driven and problem-solving approaches to disorder policing work to reduce crime and improve safety. This style of disorder policing preserves community trust, and it is more effective at reducing crime than aggressive, arrest-driven techniques.
Adapted from Braga, A.A., Schnell, C., & Welsh, B.C. (2024). Disorder policing to reduce crime: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Criminology & Public Policy, 23(3), 735-775. https://doi.10.1111/1745-9133.12667.
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