| Description of the study: | This article discusses the 'Safer by Design' program, developed and run by the New South Wales Police Department. The project aims were two-fold. First, to educate police, private and public organisations about the principles of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). Second, to demonstrate that crime prevention is as much a community responsibility as it is a police endeavour. The author argues that crime rates and the incidence of crime can be dramatically reduced when CPTED principles are applied. CPTED ideas developing from the 'Safer by Design' program include: Space Management (where community members quickly paint over graffiti, mend roofs and windows, as areas with evidence of prior crime lead people, to avoid the areas and hence a reduction in the normal pedestrian surveillance effects) and the increased use of lighting to enhance visibility and thus surveillance. |
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