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The war on subway graffiti

In 1984 graffiti covered every car in the New York subway, and everything tried against it had failed. Learn why a visible standard can change how a place works, and why the leap to falling crime is still disputed.

Major #36: CriminologyThe story: David Gunn and the New York subway (1980s). The book: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell.

About 8 minutes

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In this lesson

  • Every car in the system
  • The last tagged car
  • What the research says about disorder
  • The book: The Tipping Point
  • What the evidence says about the book
  • Where this comes from
  • Try it today
  • 4 questions to check yourself

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