Crime Prevention through Housing Design

This book presents a comprehensive review of the impact of residential design on crime focusing upon research, policy and practice both in the UK and internationally, appealing to both academics and practitioners within the fields of crime prevention, urban planning and architecture.

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Rachel Armitage is Reader in Criminology and Deputy Director of the Applied Criminology Centre at the University of Huddersfield, UK. She has worked in the field of community safety and criminology since 1998, including three years as a Senior Consultant for Nacro and one year as a Senior Research Fellow at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL. She has published extensively on the subject of designing out crime, specifically the UK Secured by Design award scheme and special editions of the Built Environment Journal on Sustainability via security and international perspectives on planning for crime prevention.

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Introduction PART I 1. Exploring the Theoretical Links between Design and Crime 2. From Theory to Practice: Reducing Residential Crime through Design within England and Wales 3. From Theory to Practice: Consideration of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design within Policy and Guidance (England and Wales) 4. International Perspectives on Planning for Crime Prevention PART II 5. The Impact of House Design on Levels of Crime and Fear of Crime 6. The Impact of Road Layout on Levels of Crime and Fear of Crime 7. The Impact of Surveillance on Levels of Crime and Fear of Crime 8. The Impact of Car Parking Design on Levels of Crime and Fear of Crime 9. Synergies and Tensions between Security and Sustainability 10. Can Designing out Crime Interventions Sustain Crime Reduction Benefits? Conclusion