KnowraBroken windows theoryLinked fromLinked fromThe 13 pages that link to Broken windows theory, each with the reason it gives.All 13Related 6Compared with 7Mass incarcerationRelated: Its influence helped justify aggressive enforcement of low-level offenses in some U.S. cities.Community policingRelated: Its focus on neighborhood conditions has shaped debates about community-oriented police work.GraffitiCompared with: Graffiti often appears in debates applying this theory to urban maintenance and policing.Crime prevention through environmental designCompared with: It shares CPTED’s interest in place and informal control but emphasizes disorder more than design.Labeling theoryCompared with: Its policy emphasis on enforcement contrasts with concerns about the labels enforcement creates.Social disorganization theoryCompared with: It focuses on signs of disorder, while social disorganization theory explains underlying neighborhood organization.Crime preventionCompared with: Its influence on order-maintenance policing illustrates contested claims about prevention and enforcement.Routine activity theoryCompared with: It foregrounds signs of disorder, unlike routine activity theory’s three-part opportunity framework.Rudolph GiulianiRelated: Giuliani-era policing drew on this idea to justify targeting low-level offenses.Situational crime preventionCompared with: It also focuses on environments, but emphasizes disorder and enforcement rather than specific opportunity-reducing measures.VandalismRelated: It has shaped policies that treat graffiti and minor damage as warning signs of wider decline.Public-order crimeRelated: It has supplied a prominent rationale for intensive enforcement of low-level order offenses.Police carRelated: Car patrols can support enforcement focused on visible street disorder associated with this theory.