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 | | Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Second Edition by Timothy Crowe, NCPI ISBN-10: 9780750671989 ISBN-10: 0-7506-7198-X ISBN-13: 9780750671989 ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7198-9 Hardcover 2000-03-16 Butterworth-Heinemann Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Second Edition is a vital book for anyone involved in architectural design, space management, and urban planning. The concepts presented in this book explain the link between design and human behavior. Understanding this link can enable a planner to use natural environmental factors to minimize loss and crime and to maximize productivity. This practical guide addresses several environmental settings, including major event facilities, small retail establishments, downtown streets, residential areas, and playgrounds. A one-stop resource with explanations of criminal behavior and the historical aspects of design, it teaches both the novice and the expert in crime prevention how to use the environment to affect human behavior in a positive manner. Fully updated with substantial new material in each chapter Useful illustrations describe the design and layout concepts in an easy to understand manner Written by a well-qualified author in the field of crime prevention | ||
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Good textbook. This text provides down-to-earth information concerning CPTED for the security practitioner. Some material in the first few chapters is repeated excessively. At times the author's opinions are louder than the factual text, detracting from the material. However, the appendicies are excellent and practical. | ||
A Must Read For Practitioners The CPTED Strategies introduced and well laid out in this book, establish a foundation for creative target hardening and risk transference. To suggest as one critic does, that this is "low level" stuff is to miss the point entirely. As a security consultant, I have applied these concepts to a variety of corporate settings with positive results. If someone is simply looking for standard "templates" without the capacity to creatively apply the ideals this is not the book. If you are serious about your work, it is essential. | ||
A pedestrian approach to security design This book has pretty low level info. If you are looking for ways to secure a high level executive's office suite using the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, forget it. The examples in this book are more at the level of bus stops. Hopefully the authors will update their information with modern design scenarios. | ||