Advantages Of Broken Windows

In this paper you will read about this brief history of the theory and the two of many critics that come with any theory in our society. We will also discuss three theories that can help individuals understand what broken windows is trying to accomplish through other theories that explain solutions. However, as a criminologist we will also come up with a hypothesis to encourage societies to us broken windows in their communities. James Q. Wilson and George Kelling authors of an article which was called Broken Windows. In March 1982 this theory was used in many communities which was shown to work with police activity. For over a decade, broken windows have been known to be involved with environmental features that contribute to criminal activities

The uncertainty of whether financial status may have or not have any impact on criminal behavior is a must, we as criminologists need to understand why someone acts in a particular way compared to their social norm. However, from this theory disadvantages we will not be able to understand individual’s financial status. But it will give us an understanding of where these individuals may be living. Therefore, we can narrow down where the crime is and focus on that subgroup and the reason why criminal activity may occur whether its lower class, middle class or upper

Broken Windows theory shows disorder in urban communities instead of capturing criminal offenses. Theories that bring out fear or misperception then solutions will make societies over react and belief they are not safe in their own communities. This brings our society to take crime solving into their own matters which causes kais when it comes to criminality. Social disorder is talked and feared by communities that lack control which individual’s belief that crime will be carried out. In the article these authors Gau, J. M., Corsaro, N., & Brunson, R. K. (2014) expressed that communities whether poor or upper class have their own social norms which keeps the fear of the social environment to a