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Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED): a review and modern bibliography

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Cozens, Paul Michael, Saville, Greg, Hillier, David·2005·Property Management

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A critical review of the core findings of place-based crime prevention research, evaluating the available evidence on the contribution of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) as a physical design strategy to decrease opportunities for crime. Concludes that CPTED is effective in reducing both crime and the fear of crime.

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    Individual CPTED components such as territoriality, surveillance, maintenance, access control, activity support and target-hardening are being widely deployed.

    “Additionally, individual components such as territoriality, surveillance, maintenance, access control, activity support and target-hardening are being widely deployed.”
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    The crime reductions reported in the cited evaluations are attributable to the CPTED interventions rather than to other unmeasured factors.

    “Clearly, CPTED has been found to reduce crime and the fear of crime in numerous evaluations and to increase property values and investment in the area.”
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    The reviewed studies are sufficiently valid and comparable to support general conclusions about CPTED effectiveness.

    “the research supporting the effectiveness of CPTED is clearly accumulating.”
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    Recorded crime and fear of crime are adequate measures of CPTED effectiveness.

    “CPTED can be effective in reducing recorded crime and the fear of crime.”
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Authors
Cozens, P. M., Saville, G., & Hillier, D.
Affiliations
  • Department of the Premier and Cabinet (AU)
  • University of New Haven (US)
  • University of Glamorgan (GB)
Venue
Property Management
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2005-12-01
Volume
23
Issue
5
Pages
328-356
ISSN
0263-7472 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2097230946
Cited by
684
References
134
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FWCI
22.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Property Management (publishedVersion)
  • eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Community Health and Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homelessness and Social Issues
Keywords
crime prevention through environmental design, place-based crime prevention, fear of crime, crime reduction, surveillance, territoriality, access control, activity support

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