Broken Window Effect

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

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.

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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.

  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.

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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!

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