Crime Prevention

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This paper reviews and discusses various statistics relating to criminal activity. The paper then goes on to discuss studies which show that property crime can also be prevented by manipulating the design of the separate properties and their relationship to each other and the surrounding neighborhood. This process is called crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). According to the paper, the overall impact of CPTED by itself continues to be controversial. Specialists are more prone to accepting the fact that it is one of many measures that, taken together, can prevent or reduce crime.

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"NIJ does say that these cases "suggest" that place-based crime prevention approaches that are designed to meet the needs of certain neighborhoods do indeed reduce crime, although they are not "prove" this is the result. "In practice, it would be as difficult as untangling a spider web to evaluate the effectiveness of specific place-based crime prevention measures applied to these residential areas" (Cozens, 2005, p. 328). Also, although crime data back the thesis that place-based applications work, "the physical, management and community organizational interventions in these cases are woven together in complex ways that defy individual analysis" (Cozens, 2005, p. 328)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Brantingham, P L and Brangtingham, P J (1981) Environmental Criminology. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
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• Carter, S., Plaster, S., Carter, S, and Dannenberg, A. (2003). Zoning out crime and improving community health in Sarasota, Florida: "Crime prevention through environmental design. American Journal of Public Health 93 (9):1442-1445
• Cozens, P.M. 2005. Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED): a review and modern bibliography. Property Management 23(5): 328-356
• Eck, J., Wartell, J. (1996), Reducing Crime and Drug Dealing by Improving Place Management: A Randomized Experiment. Report to the San Diego Police Department, Crime Control Institute, Washington, DC .

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