Clandestine Dumpsites and Crime in Mexico City: Revisiting the Broken Windows Theory

This paper revisits the broken windows theory with a particular focus on one sign of social disorder: clandestine dumpsites. To explore whether these are predictors of different types of crimes at a neighborhood level, two classification methods were used. Results suggest that clandestine dumpsites...

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Authors: Massa, Ricardo (Author) ; Fondevila, Gustavo (Author) ; Gutiérrez-Meave, Raúl (Author) ; Bonilla Alguera, Gerardo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2025, Volume: 71, Issue: 8, Pages: 2891-2921
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Mexico City
classification methods
clandestine dumpsite
Broken Windows