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).

CPTED is an acronym for crime prevention through environmental design, which asserts that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to areduction in the fear and incidence of crime, and an improvement in the quality of life(Crowe, 2000, p. 46).

Based upon Oscar Newman's Defensible Space (1973) (see Defensible Space FAQ) and others, it is a means for restructuring the residential environments of our cities so they can again become liveable and controlled not by police, but by a community of people sharing a common terrain

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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).

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