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Crime prevention through environmental design : applications of architectural design and space management concepts

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Crime and loss prevention concepts and strategies historical precedents of CPTED - early settlement and growth of communities behavioural precedents - from caves to fast food using the environment to affect behaviour aesthetics, environmental cues and territorial behaviour implications for CPT-ED planning examples of cPTED strategies and applications as discussed by the authors.
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Crime and loss prevention CPTED concepts and strategies historical precedents of CPTED - early settlement and growth of communities behavioural precedents of CPTED - from caves to fast food using the environment to affect behaviour aesthetics, environmental cues and territorial behaviour implications for CPTED planning examples of CPTED strategies and applications.

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Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED): a review and modern bibliography

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the available evidence on the contribution of crime prevention through environmental design as a crime prevention strategy and conclude that although empirical proof has not been definitively demonstrated, there is a large and growing body of research, which supports the assertion that crime prevention-through-environmental design is a pragmatic and effective crime prevention tool.
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A Review and Current Status of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)

TL;DR: A review of the current status of the concept of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) can be found in this article, where an overview of its history and origins and defining how it is commonly understood and conceptualized is provided.
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Conceptions of Space and Crime in the Punitive Neoliberal City

TL;DR: This article explore the political culture of hyperpunitiveness through a discussion of two popularized explanations for urban crime: broken windows and situational crime prevention, and suggest that each theory understand society-space interactions too simplistically to provide comprehensive insight into the dynamics of landscape construction and interpretation.
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Sustainable Urban Development and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for the British City. Towards an Effective Urban Environmentalism for the 21st Century

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the inter-related concepts of sustainable urban development and CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design) and conclude that a synthesis of the two concepts can represent a meaningful contribution towards crafting an effective strand of "urban environmentalism" that can be utilised to facilitate the design of safer, more liveable and sustainable urban communities.