Broken windows leads to serious crime because broken windows, or similar things, signify that no one cares in the community. If people did care that window would have been fixed, but when one window is broken is creates a slippery slope for serious crime to occur. When things like broken windows are present criminals unconsciously see it as appropriate to commit crimes. Little things like broken windows show a breakdown in communal values which allows for things like broken windows or small crimes, to began the process of other crime occurring.
In a couple of sentences please describe the results from the Newark foot patrol experiment (it was part of the New Jersey announced a "Safe and Clean Neighborhoods Program) and Zimbardo’s abandoned automobile experiment. Next, how do these studies relate to the broken windows theory? …show more content…
Although, it did not lead to any crime reduction it led to more public control. As for the New Jersey abandoned automobile experiment a car was left in two separate neighborhoods, one was wrecked within a few hours while the other one was left untouched for nearly a week until a window was broken. Once a window was broken, then it was deemed acceptable to destroy the rest of the car because it's established that no one cares. The foot patrol connects to the broken windows theory because it helps maintain order in the community, and creates a sense of public order to its