Rebuilding Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

Taylor & Francis

Rebuilding Crime Prevention Through Environmental DesignStrengthening the Links with Crime Science\nAuthor(s): Rachel Armitage, Paul Ekblom\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138919631, 978-1138919631\nSynopsis\nCrime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a practice-oriented approach to reduce the risk of offences such as burglary and fear of crime by modifying the built environment. In recent years, this approach has been criticised for duplicating terminology and for failing to integrate successfully with other approaches.\n\nRebuilding Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design explores and extends the common ground between CPTED and situational crime prevention another traditional approach in the field of crime prevention and security via the latters evolution into the field of crime science. Drawing on international research to develop new interdisciplinary perspectives, this volume explores .