Stunning new numbers from the NYPD make a powerful case for a full-bore return to Broken Windows policing: Nearly half of city fare-evaders arrested this year had open warrants for other crimes, ...

Imagine you and a few friends are winding down, relaxing around a campfire outside your homes. Sounds peaceful, right? I’m sure many of us have probably experienced something similar. But for some ...

An 88-page report released today by the city’s independent watchdog that oversees the NYPD found that the department’s controversial “Broken Windows” policing strategy not only is racially ...

“[T]he vast majority of the time I was pulled over for nothing more than driving a new car in the wrong neighborhood or some other reason just as trivial,” said South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott during a ...

A civilized society is governed by rules on acceptable behaviors and the police are tasked with enforcing those rules. Our sense of safety is closely tied to our individual perceptions of the ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This op-ed is adapted from an article that first appeared in City Journal. More than 40 years have passed since the publication of one of the most important public-policy essays ever ...

Editor: “Broken windows” policing was instituted in the 1990s by Mayor Giuliani in New York City. The thinking was if you take care of little violations, you can substantially cut down on larger ...

BOSTON - James Q. Wilson, a political scientist whose "broken windows" theory of policing influenced a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80. A ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Making Honolulu’s Chinatown safe is a mission for Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Chief of Police Joe Logan, he presented to the neighborhood board on the department’s efforts to reduce ...

Although I commend Lucy Lannotti offering an opinion on the Broken Windows Theory of policing, her commentary and understanding of this framework fall well short (“Blame our broken criminal justice ...

BOSTON — Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose “broken windows” theory on crime-fighting emphasized attacking small problems to prevent bigger ones and helped trigger a nationwide move toward ...