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CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DEGISN

- crime research has shown that crime is specific and situational, offenders are opportunistic.

THE CPTED PROCESS

- EVALUATES: The crime environment, the features of the environment that facilitates crime or undersirable behaviour

CPTED attempts to remove/reduce opportunities by reducing: aspects of environmental designs, use of the environment

- CTPED is a crime prevention program (target hardening)

CPTED considers: building design, site layout, facility location and the influence of surrounding land use, target hardening and security measures, routine use, rules and policies of the facility.

CPTED OBJECTIVE #1

CONTROLLING ACCESS: controls access by creatig both real and perceptual barriers to entry and movement. Example - fences, signs, drive ways etc.

CPTED OBJECTIVE #2

USE DESIGN TO INCREASE VISIBILITY: take advantages of design to provide opportunities to see and be seen. (lighting, windows, cctv, guards etc)

CPTED OBJECTIVE #3

USE DESIGN TO DEFINE OWNERSHIP.

How does CTPED relate to POP?

- both consider a broad range of problems, not just crime.

-both require systematic analysis of events, conditions and factors

- both generate specific strategies that are problem specific.

-both engage citizens

DISPLACEMENT THEORY:

1. Geographical displacement

2. Temporal displacement

3. Target displacement

4. Tactical displacement

5. Crime type displacement.