Thursday, November 27, 2008

The Broken Windows Theory

A little empirical research to support the theory. From Holland. I didn't look to see how large the sample size was, but it does seem that people are twice as likely to committ crime if they see (or hear) "disorder". Responsibility breeds responsibility says the actuary who's company uses credit score in pricing/underwriting models. Of course, it just confirms my own biases so I'm not pressing to hard to dig over the results, but hey