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Crime Prevention Series
Designing out crime: crime prevention through environmental design
Susan Geason and Paul R Wilson
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1989
ISBN 0 642 14307 2 ; ISSN 1031-5330
(Crime prevention series)
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Abstract
The use of good design practices to improve security and surveillance for public and private housing are addressed in this work. The authors divide the book into two parts: the theory of CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design) and the practice of designing out crime.
Contents
- Introduction (PDF 47kB)
- Part I - Theory: Crime prevention through environmental design (PDF 151kB)
Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is based on the idea that property crime can be prevented through manipulating the design of individual dwellings, and their relationship to one another and to the surrounding neighbourhood. This chapter discusses the theory of CPTED in some detail, as well as arguments for and against CPTED and problems with implementing a CPTED program. - Part II - Practice: designing out crime (PDF 716kB)
Excerpts from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Crime Prevention Centre's advice on implementing crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) programs are reproduced, and practical advice is given on six strategies proposed by the RCMP which can form the basis for creating a CPTED program. The strategies cover: developing territoriality; implementing surveillance; access control; target hardening; and residential home security. A checklist for a successful CPTED program and some suggestions for widening the planning aspects of crime prevention conclude this section. - Part III - Bibliography (PDF 98kB)