“James Q. Wilson’s ‘Broken Windows’ was a defining contribution to law enforcement philosophy and helped shape its application in recent decades. Like Daniel Patrick Moynihan in his ‘Defining Deviancy Down,’ Wilson understood that quality of life enforcement helped bolster the suppression of more serious crime. His law enforcement interests were wide ranging, and he expressed keen interest in and received in-depth briefings about the NYPD’s post-9/11 establishment of a counterterrorism bureau and our restructured intelligence division in visits to One Police Plaza.”
- Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly

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