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That's Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for the acronym averse...
The infamous Cabrini-Green - the opposite of CPTED
CPTED is the idea that we can shape our built environment to increase the ability of legitimate users of a space to assert and retain control of its proper use. The inverse of this principal is that poorly thought out spaces can actually contribute to social disorder and crime.
There is a CPTED group at LinkedIn managed by Severin Sorenson, a consultant and one of the top people in the field. I am reposting the links from a reference list he maintains there as a service to those security practitioners who do not yet have a LinkedIn account (?!!) or subscribe to the CPTED group.
Anything by Randall Atlas is worth reading. His website is here.
Likewise Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design by the late Timothy Crowe is a classic in the field.
In the mean time just in case you haven't read Oscar Newman's Creating Defensible Space your reference library is incomplete. Follow the link for a free PDF of this classic text.
National Crime Prevention Institute (NCPI) at the University of Louisville.
And there's the International CPTED Association.
The Wikipedia external links on the topic lead us to an interesting annotated bibliography.
When all else fails you can Google: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design PDF
Center for Problem Oriented Policing
Design for Security - Milan
US DOJ Using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Problem-Solving
Secured by Design (UK)
Felson and Clarke's Opportunity Makes the Thief - Practical theory for crime prevention
"Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Shopping Centres" isn't strictly CPTED
The GSA Site Security Design Guide is recommended
Crime Prevention Research (UK Home Office)
California Crime Prevention Officers Association (CCPOA)
CPTED Ontario
Designing Out Crime Association
Environmental Design at Wikipedia
Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
Environmental Psychology (Wikipedia)
European Designing Out Crime Association
Florida Design Out Crime Association
International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners (ISCPP)
Law Enforcement Environmental Planning Association of California (LEEPAC)
National Institute of Crime Prevention
Place Making for Communities
United States Designing Out Crime Association
This is just a sampling of the many resources out there for people and organizations to apply to their communities.
UPDATE (31 January 2012): Here are some new crime prevention resources recommended by participants in a long running LinkedIn thread.
Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Shopping Centres
Crowded Places: The Planning System and Counter-Terrorism
Crime and Everyday Life by Marcus Felson
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design: Guidelines for Queensland - Part A: Essential features of safer places
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design: Guidelines for Queensland - Part B: Implementation Guide
Building Safe Toilet Design into Shared Urban Space by Carol McCreary
FEMA Security Risk Management Series
FEMA Site and Urban Design for Security
National Guidelines for Crime Prevention through Environmental Design in New Zealand Part 1: Seven Qualities of Safer Places - Published November 2005
National Guidelines for Crime Prevention through Environmental Design in New Zealand Part 2: Implementation Guide - Published November 2005
Peel Regional Police (leaders in CPTED)
PLANNING URBAN DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT FOR CRIME PREVENTION HANDBOOK
Safer Places: The Planning System and Crime Prevention
THE THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT OF 'CPTED': 25 YEARS OF RESPONSES TO C. RAY JEFFERY
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
Toronto Police Services CPTED brochure
UPDATE (22 July 2012): Gregory Saville points us all to an updated CPTED bibliography at Safe Cascadia. See also the 6 March 2012 Eclectic Breakfast post titled Safe Cascadia.
There is a CPTED group at LinkedIn managed by Severin Sorenson, a consultant and one of the top people in the field. I am reposting the links from a reference list he maintains there as a service to those security practitioners who do not yet have a LinkedIn account (?!!) or subscribe to the CPTED group.
Anything by Randall Atlas is worth reading. His website is here.
Likewise Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design by the late Timothy Crowe is a classic in the field.
In the mean time just in case you haven't read Oscar Newman's Creating Defensible Space your reference library is incomplete. Follow the link for a free PDF of this classic text.
National Crime Prevention Institute (NCPI) at the University of Louisville.
And there's the International CPTED Association.
The Wikipedia external links on the topic lead us to an interesting annotated bibliography.
When all else fails you can Google: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design PDF
Center for Problem Oriented Policing
Design for Security - Milan
US DOJ Using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Problem-Solving
Secured by Design (UK)
Felson and Clarke's Opportunity Makes the Thief - Practical theory for crime prevention
"Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Shopping Centres" isn't strictly CPTED
The GSA Site Security Design Guide is recommended
Crime Prevention Research (UK Home Office)
California Crime Prevention Officers Association (CCPOA)
CPTED Ontario
Designing Out Crime Association
Environmental Design at Wikipedia
Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
Environmental Psychology (Wikipedia)
European Designing Out Crime Association
Florida Design Out Crime Association
International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners (ISCPP)
Law Enforcement Environmental Planning Association of California (LEEPAC)
National Institute of Crime Prevention
Place Making for Communities
United States Designing Out Crime Association
This is just a sampling of the many resources out there for people and organizations to apply to their communities.
UPDATE (31 January 2012): Here are some new crime prevention resources recommended by participants in a long running LinkedIn thread.
Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Shopping Centres
Crowded Places: The Planning System and Counter-Terrorism
Crime and Everyday Life by Marcus Felson
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design: Guidelines for Queensland - Part A: Essential features of safer places
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design: Guidelines for Queensland - Part B: Implementation Guide
Building Safe Toilet Design into Shared Urban Space by Carol McCreary
FEMA Security Risk Management Series
FEMA Site and Urban Design for Security
National Guidelines for Crime Prevention through Environmental Design in New Zealand Part 1: Seven Qualities of Safer Places - Published November 2005
National Guidelines for Crime Prevention through Environmental Design in New Zealand Part 2: Implementation Guide - Published November 2005
Peel Regional Police (leaders in CPTED)
PLANNING URBAN DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT FOR CRIME PREVENTION HANDBOOK
Safer Places: The Planning System and Crime Prevention
THE THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT OF 'CPTED': 25 YEARS OF RESPONSES TO C. RAY JEFFERY
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
Toronto Police Services CPTED brochure
UPDATE (22 July 2012): Gregory Saville points us all to an updated CPTED bibliography at Safe Cascadia. See also the 6 March 2012 Eclectic Breakfast post titled Safe Cascadia.
