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Dumping garbage and trash
Drug and Alcohol use in parks
prohibition in the Junction again- oops
litter all around
Loud uncontrolled trucking at all hours and days, even on Sunday.
All of the above are affecting the greatness of the the Junction right to an extent much greater than the last few years, as projects take this author throughout the Junction every week, more and more of this stuff is happening,
Are we moving back into the Junction's broken window phase? At one time the Junction was a case study for the theory
From Wikipedia
The broken windows theory is a criminological theory of the norm setting and signaling effects of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and anti-social behavior. The theory states that monitoring and maintaining urban environments in a well-ordered condition may prevent further vandalism as well as an escalation into more serious crime.The theory was introduced in a 1982 article by social scientists James Q. Wilson andGeorge L. Kelling. Since then it has been subject to great debate both within the social sciences and in the public debate. The theory has been used as a motivation for several reforms in criminal policy.The broken windows theory has received support from several empirical studies. At the same time it has also been the subject of a large body of criticism. Link to the original article (The Atlantic Magazine) click image too
Article and book
The broken windows theory was first introduced by social scientists James Q. Wilsonand George L. Kelling, in an article titled “Broken Windows” and which appeared in the March 1982 edition of The Atlantic Monthly. The title comes from the following example:
Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it’s unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside.Or consider a sidewalk. Some litter accumulates. Soon, more litter accumulates. Eventually, people even start leaving bags of trash from take-out restaurants there or breaking into cars.
A successful strategy for preventing vandalism, say the book’s authors, is to fix the problems when they are small. Repair the broken windows within a short time, say, a day or a week, and the tendency is that vandals are much less likely to break more windows or do further damage. Clean up the sidewalk every day, and the tendency is for litter not to accumulate (or for the rate of littering to be much less). Problems do not escalate and thus respectable residents do not flee a neighborhood.Yea to the people at the very east section of Vine who do such a great job de -littering
