Study shows messiness leads to behavior decline

November 20th, 2008 By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID , AP Science Writer

(AP) -- Does a messy neighborhood make a difference on how people act? It sure does! Graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycles chained to a fence, all resulted in a decline in how people behaved in a series of experiments.

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Alexa - Nov 20, 2008
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Just read the Gladwell's book, everything was described here already...

http://brothersju.../Tipping Poin.htm
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Doug_Huffman - Nov 20, 2008
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In law enforcement it is the 'Broken Window Hypothesis'
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