Question

In the early 1990s, William Bratton, New York City’s police commissioner, set out on a campaign to clean up the city’s subway system. Bratton managed to acquire new weapons and equipment that worked beneath the streets. War had been declared against fare evaders and the homeless population who lived in isolated pockets throughout the subway tunnels. His justification for such action stemmed from the _______ .

Answer 1

The correct answer is broken window theory.

Step-by-step explanation:

The theory of broken windows can be summarized in the idea that if a window of a building is broken and soon not repaired, the tendency is to throw stones at other windows and later occupy the building and destroy it. Its theoretical foundations were established at the Chicago school by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling. However, it was further popularized in the 1990s by New York City police commissioner William Bratton and Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose policing policies were influenced by the theory