In March 1982, The Atlantic magazine published an article entitled "Broken Windows" by George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson. [1] The authors of this now famous article wrote: “Social psychologists and police officers agree that if one window in a building is broken and not repaired, all the other windows will soon be broken. » A broken, unrepaired window is a sign that the building is abandoned and no one cares, so breaking more windows means nothing. The authors continue: "Vandalism can occur anywhere once community barriers – the sense of mutual respect and obligations of civility – are lowered by actions that seem to signal that 'no one cares.' » To test this theory, Philip Zimbardo, researcher at Stanford. psychology professor, had an automobile without license plates parked with the hood up on a street in the Bronx. Ten minutes after it was “abandoned”, the car was attacked and dismantled. First, the battery and radiator were removed, and within twenty-four hours almost everything of value had been confiscated. The random destruction then began with windows breaking and...