Crime prevention by design

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Crime prevention by design

Crime prevention by design is the idea that the level of crime is influenced by the built environment and, by careful design of this built environment, the level of crime can be reduced.

Description

The idea that crime could be influenced by the design of the built environment was based on the more limited idea of defensible space and further developed in work of Elizabeth Wood, Jane Jacobs and Schlomo Angel.

Two principles of crime prevention by design are designing in and designing out.

Crime prevention by design methods

Achievements and limitations

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