CPTED(Crime
Prevention Through Environmental Design)
What is CPTED?
CPTED
- Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
- A concept adapted by the Western Australian Government & City
of Sydney Council
- A defensive design supported by inexpensive programs and good
management practices.
Crime and fear of crime are the result of complex social, environmental
and physical factors.
In recent years much consideration has been given within the planning
and design professions, to the concept that the proper design and effective
use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the fear and
incidence of crime and an improvement in the quality of life. Crime
prevention through environmental design is based on the idea that peoples’
behavior within the urban environment, particularly in terms of the
possibility of offending, as well as an individual’s perceptions about
their safety, is influenced by the design of that environment. The design
can reduce opportunities for offending and improve feelings of safety.
Crime prevention through environmental design involves the application
of a range of design principles to an area or site to minimise the
potential for that site to facilitate and support criminal behaviour.
Today crime prevention through environmental design goes beyond physical
and social factors and aims to reduce opportunities for crime by increasing
the risks and efforts for offenders as well as reducing the rewards.
Crime prevention through environmental design recognises that it has
to be part of a holistic approach to crime prevention including community,
social and environmental strategies.
Explanation taken from Crime Prevention: Theory and Practice publication
series
Hermes Risk Management has a committed approach to crime prevention;
our consultants can implement strategies to minimize crime in design
planning or in already built high crime areas. |
