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Planning for Crime Prevention: A Transatlantic Perspective
by Schneider, Richard H.; Kitchen, Ted
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Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Spon Pr. New. 2001. Paperback. 0415241375 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- 224 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. -- TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- List of figures List of tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Pt. 1 Context and Key Ideas 1 1 Crime, costs and the quality of life 3 2 Crime trends in the USA and in Britain 29 3 Echoes from the past: caves, castles, citadels, walls and trenches 65 4 Basic theories and principles of place-based crime prevention planning 91 Pt. 2 Policy and Practice 119 5 American policy and practice 121 6 Case studies in North America 155 7 British policy and practice 183 8 British case studies 219 Pt. 3 Comparisons and Key Issues 259 9 Some Anglo-American comparisons 261 10 The way forward 287 Bibliography 309 Index 327. DESCRIPTION: This is a comparative study of defensible space and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) as applied in the USA and the UK, focusing particularly on the urban experience. It sets out these initiatives in the context of other major types of crime-reduction strategies. In looking at the quality of life in two of the world's major open societies, this comparative perspective provides a broadly-based introduction to a multi-disciplinary field of high public visibility and concern. -- with a bonus offer-- .
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Crime and the fear of crime are issues high in public concern and on political agendas in most developed countries. This book takes these issues and relates them to the contribution that urban planners and participative planning processes can make in response to these problems. Its focus is thus on the extent to which crime opportunities can be prevented or reduced through the design, planning and management of the built environment. The perspective of the book is TransAtlantic and comparative, not only because ideas and inspiration in this and many other fields increasingly move between countries but also because there is a great deal of relevant theoretical material and practice in both the USA and the UK which has not previously been pulled together in this systemic manner.The first part of the book looks at the context for understanding ideas and practice in this field. It introduces the key concepts of place-based crime prevention, and explores what we know both about the nature and scale of crime in the two countries and about some of the issues surrounding crime statistics. The second part looks at policy and practice in the USA and the UK, with a full presentation both of how policy issues are perceived and handled nationally and of how this translates into practice on the ground via a series of case studies. The third part of the book makes a more formal comparison between the positions in the USA and the UK as they have been presented, before drawing some ideas and lessons out of this material to point the way forward.This book is for anyone who wants to know about how planning processes and crime prevention activities can be more effectively integrated. It is essential reading not just for planning students but also for those in many built environment and community disciplines, for practitioners in these fields including police and property development professionals, for politicians interested in this area of public concern and those who advise them.
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- Title
- Planning for Crime Prevention: A Transatlantic Perspective
- Author
- Schneider, Richard H.; Kitchen, Ted
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0415241375
- ISBN 13
- 9780415241373
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- Spon Pr
- Place of Publication
- Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2001
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- 0415241375, Schneider, Richard H.; Kitchen, Ted Planning For Crime Prevention: A Transatlantic, Collectible
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