Difference between revisions of "Measure type: Target removal"
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| + | If appropriately employed, target removal is one of most effective approaches to crime prevention<ref>[https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.popcenter.org/library/crimeprevention/volume_01/01poyner.pdf&sa=U&ei=wX1QUf3mM4XY7AaGoIDACg&ved=0CAcQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHUBSH9JY3XA59jDIMqCDQaEYKehA Poyner, Barry, ''what works in crime prevention: an overview of evaluations'', crime prevention studies, 1993]</ref>. |
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Revision as of 18:39, 25 March 2013
Target removal is the measure of reducing risk by either removing the perceived attractive aspects from an attractive object, or removing the object as a whole.
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Description
If appropriately employed, target removal is one of most effective approaches to crime prevention[1].
Examples
- Use of graffiti dissuaders
- Teflon, plastic laminate, fiberglass, or melamine covering
- Rock cement, slanted siding, or deeply grooved surfaces
- "Paint-outs" or use of contrasting colours in patterned surfaces
- Fast-growing wall vines or shrubbery, or construction of wall barriers
- Removal of pay phones from high-loitering areas
- Removal of corner bus seats, hidden from driver's view
- Removal of outside plant bulbs
- Windowless school or other buildings
- Omission of ground-level windows
- Concealed school door closers
- Concealed pipework
- Fittings moved out of reach (e.g., from wall to ceiling)
- Signs/fixtures made flush with wall or ceiling
- Key-controlled light fixtures in public areas
- Removal of (or no replanting of) easily damaged trees/bushes
