By Tim Lynch James Q. Wilson, the prominent scholar on political science and crime, has died. His most well-known work was an essay that he co-published with George Kelling in the Atlantic, “Broken Windows” (which is not be confused with the broken windows fallacy that is so well known in libertarian circles). The gist of that article was [...] James Q. Wilson on Crime and Drugs is a po
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The man credited with helping to create a prominent policing strategy died Friday in Boston. He was 80. James Q. Wilson, a political scientist, co-wrote a highly influential article, “Broken Windows,” that was published in The Atlan... Read Post
RUDOLPH GIULIANI IN CITY JOURNAL: WHAT NEW YORK OWES JAMES Q. WILSON: …we met with George Kelling, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, who, with James Q. Wilson, had written an article called “Broken Windows” in the March 19... Read Post
Political scientist James Q. Wilson dies. The researcher studied marriage, crime and society and the broken window theory, which encouraged local police departments to enforce all laws vigorously. Wilson's views drew critics. Read Post