James Q. Wilson
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James Q. Wilson (1931-) is an American sociology|sociologist and political science|political scientist, who approaches urban renovation with some American conservative theory, but whose urban policing theories have some experiential validation. He is Ronald Reagan Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University, where he teaches:[1]
A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he is a policy adviser to the American Civil Rights Union, an organization that positions itself as an alternative to the American Civil Liberties Union; he emphasizes that rights and liberties are inseparable. In the past, he has been Professor of Government at Harvard University(1961-1986), the James Collins Professor of Management at the University of California at Los Angeles (1986-1997); Chairman of the White House Task Force on Crime in 1966, Chairman of the National Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse Prevention in 1972 to 1973; President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (1985-1991); chair, president and distinguished scholar, American Political Science Association Broken windowsOne of his best-known contributions is the "Broken Windows" school of neighborhood policing, which postulates that if police act quickly on the minor signs of urban decay such as broken windows and graffiti, this will encourage the neighborhood to be proactive on the larger, less visible problems. [2] CaliforniaLos Angeles Times editorial director wrote of Wilson that
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