CPTED Concepts
What is CPTED?
CPTED is Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.
Underlying the use of CPTED is the assumption 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(Crowe, 2000, p. 46).
What is '2nd Generation CPTED'?
2nd Generation CPTED focuses on social soft issues as well as 'situational factors'.
What is Territoriality?
What is 'target hardening'?
What is Defensible Space?
What is Surveillance (overview)?
Surveillance is part of capable guardianship.
Physical design has the capacity to promote informal or natural surveillance opportunities for residents and their agents. If offenders perceive that they can be observed (even if they are not), they may be less likely to offend, given the increased potential for intervention, apprehension and prosecution.