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TikTrd t1_iz3yxfe wrote

Reply to comment by Emberashh in Study shows among low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods, that inexpensive, straightforward abandoned housing remediation was directly linked to significant relative reductions in weapons violations and gun assaults, and suggestive reductions in shootings. by Respawan

So what they're saying is the Broken Windows Theory was correct?

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Emberashh t1_iz4v89p wrote

No. Quality of life isn't only lowered by minor crimes, and the part of that theory that calls for aggressive and excessive policing of those crimes has definitively shown to just not work.

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TikTrd t1_iz5olwb wrote

You're confusing the original theory with how it was later adapted

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