broken windows theory

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broken windows theory

Summary

broken windows theory is a sociological theory[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of sociological_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • broken windows theory is credited with the discovery of James Q. Wilson[3].
  • broken windows theory is credited with the discovery of George L. Kelling[4].
  • broken windows theory's image is recorded as Broken window large.jpg[5].
  • broken windows theory's instance of is recorded as sociological theory[6].
  • broken windows theory's Commons category is recorded as Broken windows theory[7].
  • broken windows theory's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • broken windows theory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hmjq[9].
  • broken windows theory's facet of is recorded as risk[10].
  • broken windows theory's facet of is recorded as enrollment[11].
  • broken windows theory's facet of is recorded as criminology[12].
  • broken windows theory's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/broken-windows-theory[13].
  • broken windows theory's different from is recorded as parable of the broken window[14].
  • broken windows theory's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19808850[15].
  • broken windows theory's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779849719[16].
  • broken windows theory's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 깨진 유리창 이론[17].
  • broken windows theory's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 317327[18].
  • broken windows theory's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 40934[19].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include James Q. Wilson[3], a political scientist[20], 1931–2012[21], of United States[22], awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom[23] and George L. Kelling[4], a criminologist[24], 1935–2019[25], of United States[26].

Why It Matters

broken windows theory ranks in the top 8% of sociological_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,107 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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