Question

There was an empty lot in a middle-class neighborhood, maintained by a nearby resident. that man moved away, and within a few weeks several bags of garbage and some old furniture were sitting in the lot. then an old car was parked in the lot and teenagers started to gather there to drink beer and hang out. within a few months, there was a mugging by the lot and the police made a handful of arrests for drug dealing there. this series of events is an illustration of __________ theory.

Answer 1

the answer is broken windows theory.
Broken windows theory refers to the prediction of crime level within a certain neighborhood based on several characteristic that could be noticed within that neighborhood.
The original theory use broken window as an example. When you see broken windows in a certainn neighborhood, that neighborhood is most likely to have high crime rate because the broken windows are more likely happen because of breaking and entering

Answer 2

This is the broken windows theory. The concept linked disorder in a community (and the growing amount of it) to an increase in criminal activity. As people saw that it was the "norm" to commit crimes, vandalism, and the like, it became more prevalent and more widespread. This tended to lead to aggressive practices on the part of authorities when it came to stopping the crime, including "zero-tolerance" practices that were seen as a possible erosion of civil liberties.