James Q. Wilson

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academic author political scientist public policy scholar

James Q. Wilson was a prominent American political scientist best known for his work on crime, policing, and public policy, including the influential "broken windows" theory.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
author ⓘ
political scientist ⓘ
public policy scholar ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in political science ⓘ
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
coAuthorWith George L. Kelling ⓘ
Richard J. Herrnstein ⓘ
coDeveloperOf broken windows theory ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
educatedAt University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Redlands ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
Pepperdine University ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
familyName Wilson ⓘ
fieldOfWork criminology ⓘ
policing ⓘ
political science ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
public policy ⓘ
fullName James Quinn Wilson ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
influenced community policing policies ⓘ
policing strategies in the United States ⓘ
knownFor analysis of bureaucracy ⓘ
research on crime ⓘ
research on policing ⓘ
research on public policy ⓘ
memberOf American Enterprise Institute ⓘ
Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime ⓘ
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board ⓘ
surface form: President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
nationality American ⓘ
notableTheory broken windows theory ⓘ
notableWork Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It ⓘ
Crime and Human Nature ⓘ
Thinking About Crime ⓘ
Varieties of Police Behavior ⓘ
occupation professor ⓘ
positionHeld professor of government ⓘ
professor of public policy ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
writingLanguage English ⓘ

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