Actually . . .
This isn't a bad theory and it differs from the silly & debunked "Broken Windows Theory" in as much as it's about community investment, pride and beautification rather than more codes violation ticketing.
Genius thinker Malcom Gladwell unpacks the premise in a recent book review . . . Here are the basics that might be worth considering . . .
"The central argument of “Unforgiving Places” is that Americans, in their attempts to curb crime, have made a fundamental conceptual error. We’ve assumed that the problem is instrumental violence—and have fashioned our criminal-justice system around that assumption. But the real problem is expressive violence . . ."
Regarding green spaces and community clean up . . .
"What’s remarkable, though, isn’t just the aesthetics. It’s that the neighborhoods where these lots have been turned into green spaces have seen a twenty-nine-per-cent drop in gun violence. Twenty-nine per cent! The people haven’t changed. The pathologies haven’t changed. The same police force still patrols the neighborhood. The only new variable is that someone comes by to mow the lawn once or twice a month. As economists like to say: How do you model that?"
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . . (Sorry, paywall)
What We Get Wrong About Violent Crime
A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen-and what really makes a city safe.
A great video explainer . . .
Developing . . .
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