English Explanatory Dictionary

broken windows policing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of assigning police resources to deal with otherwise unattended urban decay, suggested by broken windows theory.

Word forms

broken windows policing

Etymology

From broken windows theory.

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