BOSTON (AP) – Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose “broken windows” theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was ...

Imagine you and a few friends are winding down, relaxing around a campfire outside your homes. Sounds peaceful, right? I’m sure many of us have probably experienced something similar. But for some ...

Editor's note: This op-ed is adapted from an article that first appeared in City Journal. More than 40 years have passed since the publication of one of the most important public-policy essays ever ...

The Biden administration deserves the ultimate blame for the ongoing deportation protests. That’s not partisanship, it’s common sense. And common policing theory. They not only created America’s ...

“Broken windows,” a crime-fighting theory practiced by NYPD for decades, holds that putting an emphasis on fighting quality-of-life crimes such as vandalism, public drinking and turnstile-jumping ...

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch leveled criticism Tuesday at what she dubbed a “revolving door” in the city’s criminal justice system. But Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, for one, angrily ...

The NYPD will soon have a shiny new division, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced last week, dedicated to handling the city’s pressing quality-of-life issues. The squad, she told the ...

Although I commend Lucy Lannotti offering an opinion on the Broken Windows Theory of policing, her commentary and understanding of this framework fall well short (“Blame our broken criminal justice ...

BOSTON — Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose “broken windows” theory on crime-fighting emphasized attacking small problems to prevent bigger ones and helped trigger a nationwide move toward ...