Questions for: Breaking Away from Broken Windows (you can skip chapters 7 & 8)
Does the empirical work in this volume support or refute the incivilities thesis? Or does it do both? (read chapter 9 very carefully for clues).
What are the key ideas in each of the three main versions of the incivilities thesis? (psychological/cross sectional; Wilson & Kelling; Skogan) (Ch. 3)
Can incivilities indicators be separated from indicators for other constructs? What are the implications? (Ch. 3)
What are four different ideas about where incivilities come from? (Ch. 4).
Are changes in incivilities at the neighborhood level reflective of changes in underlying disorder, or are they sequelae of initial neighborhood status?
Do initial incivilities predict later changes in homicide and robbery? (Table 5.2)
Do initial incivilities make later structural decline more likely? (Table 5.3)
Do more intense or widespread incivilities at an earlier time make later residents more concerned for their safety, or more interested in moving out? (Table 6.3)