Paul Stollard
Routledge | 0419153705 | 1990 | PDF | 108 pages | 4 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This book provides specific guidance for architects, planners, and housing managers on designing to deter crime. While every estate and neighbourhood has different problems which require unique solutions, the process which leads to the solutions will be the same.
This book provides specific guidance for architects, planners, and housing managers on designing to deter crime. While every estate and neighbourhood has different problems which require unique solutions, the process which leads to the solutions will be the same.
The first three chapters review the various theories of crime prevention through design, and abstract from them a series of six key principles which can be applied to all housing projects. The remaining five chapters outline the practical application of these principles in the assessment, design and construction processes.
The text of this book has been compiled and updated from two educational packages produced by the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies and the Safe Neighbourhoods Unit. These were Safe as Houses (1988) and Safer Neighbourhoods (1989). Videos produced as part of those educational packages are available for use with this book.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Design and crime 1
1.1 Facts about crime 1
1.2 Fear of crime 3
1.3 The effect of design on crime 6
1.4 Crime displacement 7
1.5 Traditional approaches to crime prevention 8
1.6 Design and crime prevention: a broader approach 10
2 Theories of security design 13
2.1 Social control 14
2.2 Enclose/access control 14
2.3 Criminal justice 14
2.4 Defensible space 15
2.5 The current debate 16
2.6 Principles not design guides 18
3 Six principles 21
3.1 Surveillance 21
3.2 Neighbourhoods 23
3.3 Public and private spaces 25
3.4 Potential hiding places 26
3.5 Comprehensive approaches 26
3.6 Collaborative approaches 27
4 Assessment process—existing estates 31
4.1 Project steering committees 31
4.2 Consultation 33
4.3 Research 35
4.4 Physical surveys 35
4.5 Proposals 36
4.6 Priorities 37
4.7 Case study of the assessment process 39
5 Design process—site 41
5.1 Public open space 41
5.2 Footpaths 42
5.3 Car parking 44
5.4 External lighting 46
5.5 Landscaping 47
5.6 Case study of the design process 51
6 Design process—flats 53
6.1 Communal space within buildings 53
6.2 Entry-phones 54
6.3 Closed circuit television 55
6.4 Examples of integrated receptionist/technology 57
7 Design process—houses 61
7.1 Layout 61
7.2 Private space 63
7.3 Individual dwellings 65
7.4 Target hardening 68
7.5 Case study of the design process 69
8 Construction process 73
8.1 Planning and programming the work 73
8.2 Specification and quality control 74
8.3 Site security and safety 74
8.4 Hand-over and evaluation 76
Conclusion 79
Videos 81
Bibliography 83
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Routledge | 0419153705 | 1990 | PDF | 108 pages | 4 Mb
DESCRIPTION
This book provides specific guidance for architects, planners, and housing managers on designing to deter crime. While every estate and neighbourhood has different problems which require unique solutions, the process which leads to the solutions will be the same.
This book provides specific guidance for architects, planners, and housing managers on designing to deter crime. While every estate and neighbourhood has different problems which require unique solutions, the process which leads to the solutions will be the same.
The first three chapters review the various theories of crime prevention through design, and abstract from them a series of six key principles which can be applied to all housing projects. The remaining five chapters outline the practical application of these principles in the assessment, design and construction processes.
The text of this book has been compiled and updated from two educational packages produced by the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies and the Safe Neighbourhoods Unit. These were Safe as Houses (1988) and Safer Neighbourhoods (1989). Videos produced as part of those educational packages are available for use with this book.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Design and crime 1
1.1 Facts about crime 1
1.2 Fear of crime 3
1.3 The effect of design on crime 6
1.4 Crime displacement 7
1.5 Traditional approaches to crime prevention 8
1.6 Design and crime prevention: a broader approach 10
2 Theories of security design 13
2.1 Social control 14
2.2 Enclose/access control 14
2.3 Criminal justice 14
2.4 Defensible space 15
2.5 The current debate 16
2.6 Principles not design guides 18
3 Six principles 21
3.1 Surveillance 21
3.2 Neighbourhoods 23
3.3 Public and private spaces 25
3.4 Potential hiding places 26
3.5 Comprehensive approaches 26
3.6 Collaborative approaches 27
4 Assessment process—existing estates 31
4.1 Project steering committees 31
4.2 Consultation 33
4.3 Research 35
4.4 Physical surveys 35
4.5 Proposals 36
4.6 Priorities 37
4.7 Case study of the assessment process 39
5 Design process—site 41
5.1 Public open space 41
5.2 Footpaths 42
5.3 Car parking 44
5.4 External lighting 46
5.5 Landscaping 47
5.6 Case study of the design process 51
6 Design process—flats 53
6.1 Communal space within buildings 53
6.2 Entry-phones 54
6.3 Closed circuit television 55
6.4 Examples of integrated receptionist/technology 57
7 Design process—houses 61
7.1 Layout 61
7.2 Private space 63
7.3 Individual dwellings 65
7.4 Target hardening 68
7.5 Case study of the design process 69
8 Construction process 73
8.1 Planning and programming the work 73
8.2 Specification and quality control 74
8.3 Site security and safety 74
8.4 Hand-over and evaluation 76
Conclusion 79
Videos 81
Bibliography 83
EDITORIAL REVIEW
