The Broken Window Theory

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My personal experience in participating in these discussions with my classmates has caused me to examine myself very much, as well as outside influences in the community. I want to say in Chapter 1 of the text when we learned about the broken window theory it really resonated with me as an individual. When I have been traveling or driving in poverty stricken neighborhoods I have always noticed how some of the windows are broken out and things are left unrepaired. It was important to read in the text that one window can leave a negative image. Rewinding back to me driving in poverty stricken neighborhoods I was that person with a negative image. I remember asking myself why they don’t fix that window. The reading and material in Chapter

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