Environment Redesigned for Crime Prevention with CPTED Strategies — A Case Study of Typical Chinese Community

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 805-810
Author(s):  
Cheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Chinese Community ◽  
Simple Idea ◽  
Theory Of Crime

Old communities suffer increasing crime rates in China. The original environment layout can not meet the needs of living safety and needs redesign for crime prevention. The theory of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design or CPTED is based on one simple idea that crime results partly from the opportunities presented by physical environment. It is possible to alter the physical environment so that crime is less likely to occur. This paper focuses on CPTED strategies applied to a typical Chinese community for neighborhood renewal. The physical environment problems associated with community crime and fear of crime are first identified. Four distinct ways to implement CPTED strategies are emphasized and discussed in detail individually in the research: community layout, traffic, landscaping and buildings. The paper ends with pending issues and a major lesson that CPTED must be tailored to the specific problems occurring in particular settings.

How Do We Get to Causal Clarity on Physical Environment-Crime Dynamics?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph B. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Environmental Criminology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Defensible Space ◽  
Deep Sense

This chapter discusses research and theorizing about the crime impacts of the physical environment, relating it to past reviews of scholarship in this area, and highlighting the crucial question of causality. It introduces key stumbling blocks in community criminology that must be addressed before scholarship can advance on the crucial causality question. Environmental criminology in a deep sense represents a field within a broader field of community criminology. The chapter underscores just a few of the most important recent works in four select areas within the physical environment-crime scholarship: space syntax, facilities and land use, accessibility/permeability, and crime prevention through environmental design/defensible space. The final section sketches one possible avenue for future research which can address these concerns.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Armitage
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Crime Reduction ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Award Scheme

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is an approach to crime reduction that seeks to reduce perceived opportunities for crime through the design and management of the built or, less often, the natural environment. It is based on a set of principles, which can be applied as a guide to the design and construction of buildings, as well as the organization of spaces around them. Because CPTED provides a guide rather than a rigid specification, with a range of possible realizations, design compliance with its principles is often recognized through an award scheme, such as Secured by Design (SBD) in the United Kingdom and the Police Label Secured Housing in the Netherlands. Research has consistently demonstrated that CPTED is an effective crime reduction approach—reducing crime, alleviating the fear of crime, and enhancing feelings of safety. Its increasing recognition within planning policy reflects a growing acknowledgment of efficacy.

Keberkesanan Program Bandar Selamat Dari Persepsi Penduduk Kajian Kes: Bandaraya Shah Alam

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ainur Zaireen Zainudin ◽  
Jalaluddin Abdul Malek
Keyword(s):  
Physical Environment ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Physical Factor ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Community Safety ◽  
Community Perception ◽  
Safety Strategies ◽  
Urban Safety

Proses pembandaran telah menimbulkan pelbagai implikasi kepada masyarakat di bandar. Sejak kebelakangan ini, keselamatan merupakan antara isu utama yang sering diperkatakan oleh masyarakat di bandar. Rentetan itu, Malaysia turut tidak terkecuali melaksanakan pelbagai strategi melalui Program Bandar Selamat bertujuan untuk meningkatkan tahap keselamatan masyarakat. Kajian ini cuba menyingkap secara terperinci tentang konsep Bandar Selamat dengan mengambil satu pendekatan kajian kes ke atas kawasan perumahan di Bandaraya Shah Alam yang bertujuan untuk memahami konsep sebenar pelaksanaan bandar selamat serta keberkesanannya untuk meningkatkan tahap keselamatan penduduk. Penilaian ke atas program ini diperolehi menerusi kaedah temu bual dengan penduduk Bandaraya Shah Alam. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) telah melaksanakan konsep bandar selamat yang amat bergantung kepada persekitaran fizikal. Strategi ini dipercayai dapat mencegah perilaku jenayah sekali gus meningkatkan tahap keselamatan penduduk. Bagaimanapun, kajian telah membuktikan bahawa faktor–faktor fizikal kurang diberi perhatian oleh penduduk, sebaliknya mereka telah melaksana langkah–langkah keselamatan menerusi pelbagai kegiatan kemasyarakatan untuk mencegah perilaku jenayah di kawasan tempat tinggal mereka. Kata kunci: Keselamatan; bandar selamat; jenayah; CPTED; perumahan In recent years, safety becomes one of prominent issues amongst urban community. This issue has led to the implementation of Safe City Programme in Malaysia as to strengthening the urban community safety. In Malaysia, Shah Alam City has been declared as the first Safe City in this country. However, this recognition is arguable due to its crime rates, which is found higher compared with other cities. In fact, crime rates appear to be common indicator among the urban community for measuring the urban safety. Therefore, a case study has been carried out in Shah Alam residential area as to have better understanding about the concept of Safe City Programme and its effectiveness towards community safety. The evaluation is based on the community perception in which, gathered from indepth interview. It is found that the respective local authority is highly relied on the physical environment that is believed to be effective in preventing crime. On the other hand, the physical factor has brought less effect to the community, but they have come up with their own safety strategies through numerous social activities as to combat crime at their place. Key words: Safety; safe city; crime; CPTED; residential

Crime rates and contextual characteristics: a case study in Connecticut, USA

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-228
Author(s):  
Yunliang Meng ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Spatial Relationship ◽  
Property Crime ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Contextual Characteristics ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Subdivision Level

There is a long-standing interest in the spatial relationship between contextual characteristics and crime rates in the U.S. since such a relationship allows police and stakeholders to design crime prevention programs to better target areas at risk for crime. The objective of this research is to examine the relationships between violent/property crime rates and contextual characteristics at the county-subdivision level in the State of Connecticut. The analysis shows that predictors such as population density, type of housing, education, poverty, and racial/ethnic diversity are significantly associated with violent and property crime rates. The results are discussed in the context of different crime hypotheses, which can explain spatial variations in crime rates. Most importantly, the association between crime rates and the explanatory variables in this study significantly varied over space, highlighting that different crime prevention policies/programs should be implemented in different county subdivisions in Connecticut.

scholarly journals ASSESSING SAFETY LEVEL OF UTM CAMPUS BASED ON SAFE CITY CONCEPTS

2021 ◽  
Vol XLVI-4/W5-2021 ◽  
pp. 479-488
Author(s):  
S. Samsudin ◽  
Z. Tarmidi ◽  
N. H. Adi Maimun ◽  
N. A. Mat Noor ◽  
A. N. Md Nasir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Safety Assessment ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Safety Level ◽  
Urban City ◽  
Safe Area ◽  
Index Crime

Abstract. Safety is an important aspect in today’s living, in urban city, residential area, and also in campus area. Several initiatives were introduced to increase the safety level, and to prevent crime from happening in the campus area, known as Safe City Concept. These initiatives included the Safe City Index, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), behavioural model, safe city urban area, safe city of smart city, and resident safety assessment. Some of this initiative focus on urban city area, or residential, besides only focus on crime prevention and not focus on the assessment of safety level for campus area. This study aims to assess the safety level for campus area, with case study of UTM Campus. To assess the safety level, a set 4 indicators, which is crime, environment, public health and emergency response, with 9 sub-indicators was identified in this study. These indicators and sub-indicators used to determine the safety level of campus area based on the Safe City Concept. The analysis used is spatial analysis on the indicator, and using weighted criteria matrix to evaluate safety level for each building in UTM campus. The results show that most the buildings in UTM are in good and high safety level, with 65% of buildings score more than 70%. For buildings was detected with highest score of 95% of safety level, while 3 buildings score lowest percentage of 53.7%. these results indicated that UTM campus area is a safe area, based on the Safe City Concept. These results can help authorities to use these indicators of Safe City Concept to assess the education campus area safety level.

scholarly journals AWARENESS BY KUALA LUMPUR CITY HALL STAFFS FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (CPTED)

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhana Shamsuddin ◽  
Natasha Azim Hussin
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
City Hall

A city that is free from all forms of crime and criminal threats will able to create a community that has quality human capital. Both crimes and the fear of crime have a significant impact on the quality of life. A safe city is a key to the success of community development, urban development and nation building. Rising of crime index for past six years in Kuala Lumpur is questionable whether CPTED has been successfully carried out by the KLCH in creating a safe urban environment for people to live in. Urban development Plans should make safety primary criteria in making the city successful and livable. This research aims to investigate the awareness level of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (KLCH) implementer in implementing the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) which was introduced in 2004 by the Malaysian Government. A mixed method research approach was adopted employing a questionnaire survey and in depth interview with a sample of officers and technician of KLCH whose scope of work includes the implementation of CPTED. The findings suggest that the existing level of awareness is still low with the lack of awareness on CPTED due to the limited knowledge and poor understanding of CPTED concept and implementation. However, it was also found that the implementers of KLCH are beginning to develop an awareness of the importance of safety urban environment and are beginning to consider the capability of the built environment in reducing both, the fear of crime and the actual crime from happening. Successful CPTED implementation will be a meaningful contribution towards the creation of a safe city that is livable for the urban community in Kuala Lumpur therefore helping to improve their quality of life.

Children's Rights as Crime Prevention

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Howe
Keyword(s):  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Youth Crime ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
Rights Of The Child

AbstractThe purpose of this article is to examine the linkage between implementing the rights of children, as described in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and preventing youth crime. Using Canada as a case study and comparing jurisdictions in Canada where youth crime rates are relatively low and high, the article concludes that efforts at crime prevention are more successful where child and family policies in support of children's rights are stronger. What this illustrates is the importance of implementing children's rights as means of preventing crime.

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