"Revisiting Broken Windows" will explore the implications of cities overturning various aspects of James Q. Wilson's theory on policing.

COST No charge   11:45 am to 5:30 pm at the Pepperdine University Calabasas Campus CAL295 Seminar Conference Room.

Conference attendee reception follows at The Stonehaus at the Westlake Village Inn. 

RSVP: public.policy@pepperdine.edu

CONTACT NAME Melissa Espinoza

CONTACT EMAIL melissa.espinoza@pepperdine.edu

James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling introduced the broken windows theory in the March 1982 edition of The Atlantic Monthly. In an article titled "Broken Windows", they argued that the symptoms of low-level crime and disorder (e.g. a broken window) create an environment that encourages more crimes, including serious ones

“Revisiting Broken Windows: The Challenges from Growing Criminality in America’s Cities” is an article written by George L. Kelling and William J. Bratton. It was published in the National Institute of Justice Journal in 1998