James Q. Wilson, co-author of ‘broken windows’ policing theory, dies in Boston at age 80

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Washington Post:

3/2/12

 

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 hospital spokeswoman said Wilson died at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, but she would not provide additional details. The Boston Globe reported that Wilson was being treated for leukemia.

 

Wilson and co-author George L. Kelling argued in a 1982 article in the Atlantic that communities must address minor crimes and their effects, such as broken windows, to prevent larger problems from developing.

 

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