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Broken windows: the police and neighbourhood safety

John Wilson, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1982 - 
- Vol. 249, Iss: 3, pp 0-0
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This article is published in The Atlantic Monthly.The article was published on 1982-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2500 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Neighbourhood (mathematics) & CompStat.

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Tit for Tat? The Spiraling Effect of Incivility in the Workplace

Lynne Andersson, +1 more
- 01 Jul 1999 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the concept of workplace incivility and explain how it can potentially spiral into increasingly intense aggressive behaviors, and examine what happens at key points: the starting and tipping points.

Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising. Research in Brief. National Institute of Justice.

Lawrence W. Sherman, +5 more
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Schools, Academic Motivation, and Stage-Environment Fit

Jacquelynne S. Eccles
TL;DR: An Ecological View of Schools and Their Impact on Development During Adolescence as mentioned in this paper is an ecological view of schools and their impact on development during adolescence, focusing on the impact of schools on the environment.
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The Spreading of Disorder

Kees Keizer, +2 more
- 12 Dec 2008 - 
TL;DR: This work generated hypotheses about the spread of disorder and tested them in six field experiments and found that, when people observe that others violated a certain social norm or legitimate rule, they are more likely to violate other norms or rules, which causes disorder to spread.
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Criminal Deterrence Research at the Outset of the Twenty-First Century

Daniel S. Nagin
- 01 Jan 1998 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the effectiveness of policy options for deterring crime and find that some policies that are effective in preventing crime in the short term may be ineffective or even criminogenic in the long run because they may erode the foundation of the deterrent effect-fear of stigmatization.