Crime Prevention Through Design

This assignment delves into Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), a security policy implemented by the St. Petersburg Police Department's Crime Prevention Unit. It examines four key strategies: territoriality, surveillance, maintenance and landscaping, and target hardening. The text elaborates on how these concepts contribute to reducing crime and creating a sense of security in both residential and commercial spaces through physical design elements.

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Discussion
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design or CPTED is a security survey policy
which is provided for the residential and commercial properties by the St.Petersburg Police
Department’s Crime Prevention Unit. The CPTED uses four kinds of crime prevention
strategies, which are effectively working on the prevention of crime. It helps to build the
environmental designs for reducing the fear and incidence of crime and develops the quality of
life.
Territoriality is one of the significant concepts of CPTED, which provides individually a
strong sense of architecture that allows identification of the certain area. It effectively works in
the sense of pride and ownership and helps to create a sphere of influence over a property. It also
helps to create an environment for the prevention of abuse or unwanted acts that may occur in
that space. This strategy works in the maintenance of the premises and landscaping which
communicates an alert and restrict private activities in the particular area. The display security
system also operates in the particular areas (Sakip & Abdullah, 2017).
Surveillance is another concept of design strategy under the CPTED. It helps to identify
the intruders through observation. It includes different kinds of physical opportunities and
activities that effectively maximize natural visibility or observation. It works in both private and
public spaces. This strategy decreases the risks, which extends the perceived lack of viable and
covert escape routes. Surveillance can be operated through different organizational or
mechanical measures. Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras can be added in such areas
where physical surveillance is not possible to operate (Kajalo, et al. 2016).

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Reference
Kajalo, S., Kajalo, S., Lindblom, A., & Lindblom, A. (2016). The role of formal and informal
surveillance in creating a safe and entertaining retail environment. Facilities, 34(3/4),
219-232.
Sakip, S. R. M., & Abdullah, A. (2017). CPTED measures in a gated residential area. Asian
Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies, 2(4), 33-42.