The theory was introduced in a 1982 article by social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. Since then it has been subject to great debate both within the social sciences and the public sphere. The theory has been used as a motivation for several reforms in criminal policy, including the controversial mass use of "stop, question, and frisk '' by the New York City Police Department.
who created the concept of the broken windows theory and what was it
James Q. Wilson George L. Kelling