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A piece of property is abandoned, weeds grow up, a window is smashed. Adults stop scolding rowdy children; the children, emboldened, become more rowdy. Families move out, unattached adults move in. Teenagers gather in front of the corner store. The merchant asks them to move; they refuse. Fights occur. Litter accumulates. People start drinking in front of the grocery; in time, an inebriate slumps to the sidewalk and is allowed to sleep it off. Pedestrians are approached by panhandlers.
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Broken Windows is one of the most heavily debated philosophies effecting modern, urban society. Especially in policing. It suggests that harmless neglect can create a chain of increasing criminal and destructive behavior that may eventually become as serious as murder. The idea begins by stating that something as simple as a broken window or graffiti left unattended sends a signal that no one cares about this neighborhood. It goes from there.

This is a very interesting concept, that has in recent history, led to good and bad alternations in civic approaches to crime. Most prominantly in New York City, where crime dropped an astonishing amount within 3 years of the adoption of the Broken Windows principal. It also reportedly led to harsh policing that approached racial and violent levels.

The philosophy has certainly seemed true in this part of my town though, where over the years the neighborhood has sunk lower and lower into it's dangerous state; beginning when shop owners ceased to attend to harmless graffiti such as this in the back streets.

That aside...hope you'll enjoy the photo
You might think this should be under "photo-manip" because of the obvious color tint. But I did this on camera by adjusting white balance...not in an imaging program afterwards.

Full view as always, please!

Description
A piece of property is abandoned, weeds grow up, a window is smashed. Adults stop scolding rowdy children; the children, emboldened, become more rowdy. Families move out, unattached adults move in. Teenagers gather in front of the corner store. The merchant asks them to move; they refuse. Fights occur. Litter accumulates. People start drinking in front of the grocery; in time, an inebriate slumps to the sidewalk and is allowed to sleep it off. Pedestrians are approached by panhandlers.
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Broken Windows is one of the most heavily debated philosophies effecting modern, urban society. Especially in policing. It suggests that harmless neglect can create a chain of increasing criminal and destructive behavior that may eventually become as serious as murder. The idea begins by stating that something as simple as a broken window or graffiti left unattended sends a signal that no one cares about this neighborhood. It goes from there.

This is a very interesting concept, that has in recent history, led to good and bad alternations in civic approaches to crime. Most prominantly in New York City, where crime dropped an astonishing amount within 3 years of the adoption of the Broken Windows principal. It also reportedly led to harsh policing that approached racial and violent levels.

The philosophy has certainly seemed true in this part of my town though, where over the years the neighborhood has sunk lower and lower into it's dangerous state; beginning when shop owners ceased to attend to harmless graffiti such as this in the back streets.

That aside...hope you'll enjoy the photo
You might think this should be under "photo-manip" because of the obvious color tint. But I did this on camera by adjusting white balance...not in an imaging program afterwards.

Full view as always, please!