Crime prevention through housing design: policy and practice
This book reviews the impact of residential design on crime and considers the current, and historic, importance placed upon crime prevention within the planning system. Armitage provides a comprehensive review of policy and practice in planning crime prevention both nationally and internationally. Bridging the gap between design and criminology, Armitage uses opportunity theories to provide practical recommendations for the implementation of design. Enhanced by extensive visual examples, the bo…
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- Full title :Crime prevention through housing design : policy and practice / Rachel Armitage, Reader, Applied Criminology Centre, University of Huddersfield, UK.
Summary
This book reviews the impact of residential design on crime and considers the current, and historic, importance placed upon crime prevention within the planning system. Armitage provides a comprehensive review of policy and practice in planning crime prevention both nationally and internationally. Bridging the gap between design and criminology, Armitage uses opportunity theories to provide practical recommendations for the implementation of design. Enhanced by extensive visual examples, the book promotes a collaborative, long-term approach of designing out crime, conveying the positive impact of design upon the environment and crime prevention. This book will appeal to scholars in criminology, policing, urban studies and architecture as well as practitioners in the role of planning, developing and managing residential housing.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781137316059, 1137316055, 9780230356177, 0230356176, 1349347396, 9781349347391
- DOI:10.1057/9781137316059
- oclc:ocn857412849
- LC Classification:HV7431
- Dewey Decimal:364.4/9
Table of Contents
Exploring the theoretical links between design and crime -- From theory to practice: reducing residential crime through design within england and wales -- From theory to practice: consideration of crime prevention through environmental design within policy and guidance (England and Wales) -- International perspectives on planning for crime prevention -- The impact of house design on levels of crime and fear of crime -- The impact of road layout on levels of crime and fear of crime -- The impact of surveillance on levels of crime and fear of crime -- The impact of car parking design on levels of crime and fear of crime -- Synergies and tensions between security and sustainability -- Can designing out crime interventions sustain crime reduction benefits?
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