Broken Windows theory claims all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Citizen fear, created by disorder, leads to weakened social controls and more crime.
B) Community quality-of-life issues left unchecked eventually lead to the breakdown of community controls.
C) If the police engage in quality-of-life or order-maintenance policing, they could simultaneously impact serious crime.
D) If the police focus on serious crime only, communities will be safer.

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The Broken Windows theory suggests that addressing community quality-of-life issues and disorderly behavior can lead to a decline in serious crime. Therefore, choice D, which suggests that focusing on serious crime only will make communities safer, contradicts the theory.

Broken Windows Theory Claims All of the Following EXCEPT