Broken Window Effect

New York Post: Fixing ‘Broken Windows’ theory: Smart — not harsh — policing is the key to a safe and orderly city

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The NYPD's commitment to Broken Windows policing, the disarmingly simple idea that serious crimes are more likely to occur in disorderly environments than orderly ...

Fixing ‘Broken Windows’ theory: Smart — not harsh — policing is the key to a safe and orderly city

The meaning of BROKEN is violently separated into parts : shattered. How to use broken in a sentence.

BROKEN definition: 1. past participle of break 2. damaged, no longer able to work: 3. suffering emotional pain that…. Learn more.

You can use broken to describe a marriage that has ended in divorce, or a home in which the parents of the family are divorced, when you think this is a sad or bad thing.

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  1. fractured, smashed, or splintered: a broken vase. 2. imperfect or incomplete; fragmentary: a broken set of books.

broken (comparative more broken, superlative most broken) A broken mug. Fragmented; in separate pieces.

BROKEN definition: past participle of break. See examples of broken used in a sentence.

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The street was covered with broken glass. The failure of his business left him a broken man. He spoke (in) broken English.

Something that's broken is severely damaged — it's either split into pieces or doesn't work anymore. Your broken alarm clock is no help at all when you're trying to get to school on time!

BROKEN definition: 1. damaged and separated into pieces: 2. an arm/leg, etc with a damaged bone: 3. If a machine or…. Learn more.