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Chaos Begets Chaos & SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2009/01/chaos_begets_chaos.php Broken window theory (BWT), first proposed by James Wilson and George Kelling in 1982, holds that the presence of disorder – in the form of broken windows, litter, and graffiti – can encourage delinquent behavior. BWT promotes a “nip it in the bud” stance toward crime prevention: Fix small problems (like litter) before big […]

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