Broken Windows Revisited | 1
September 23, 2026
Part 1 of a 3-part series that revisits a number of aspects of Broken Windows. This part looks at the general theoretical and empirical background.
Part 1 of a 3-part series that revisits a number of aspects of Broken Windows. This part looks at the general theoretical and empirical background.
This attempt to create something a little different in PowerPoint expands on the first effort by being significantly longer, around 50 slides, split into three
The 3rd and final part of our Broken Windows reassessment looks at the latest American research that questions the claim proactive / Zero Tolerance policing
Part 1 of this planned 3-part reassessment of Wilson and Kelling’s “Broken Windows” thesis outlined a selection of its general strengths and weaknesses and suggested
The impact of so-called “Broken Windows” policing (which invariably turns-out to be an aggressive variant of the policy – Zero-Tolerance Policing (ZTP) – pioneered by
It’s not often A-level students get the chance to read original source documents, but Wilson and Kelling’s Atlantic Magazine article – the one that kicked-off
Crime and Deviance: Spatial criminology asks whether it’s possible to reduce crime by changing social spaces. This short film featuring Dr Steven Taylor, begins with
The next set in the Collections series covers both Sociology and Psychology and covers a mix of PowerPoint Presentations, some of which I’ve lifted from
Three short(ish) films dredged-up from The Archive (I’m not exactly sure which Archive but it probably sounds more-authentic than “found on an old neglected hard
In the late 1960s and early 1970s there was a general political perception that the ‘fight against crime’ was not only being lost, but that
ShortCutstv Sociology, Psychology and Criminology Bringing social science and study skills films to the classroom for over 20 years. ShortCutstv is Dr. Steve Taylor, an
It’s probably safe to say that a key driver of crime policy in countries like Britain and America over the past 50 or so years
Alexandra Sugden’s YouTube Channel contains a load of online lectures, for both GCSE and A-level, covering areas like crime and deviance, education, sociological theory, research
In a previous post I pulled-together all the free crime and deviance films we have available to create a simple one-stop-shop (so to speak) you
Felson and Cohen’s Routine Activities approach (1979) has arguably been one of the most-influential recent theories of crime, one that sits squarely within contemporary New