SAMPLE: CPTED & Target Hardening Training

Presented by

Brad Young

CPTED Practitioner

What is CPTED?

¨ Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

¨ CPTED is the proper design and effective use of the built environment that can lead to a reduction in the form and incidence of crime and improvement in the quality of life.

C. Ray Jeffrey, 1971

CPTED Elements

¨ Natural surveillance¨ Windows¨ Signage¨ Doors¨ Interior lighting¨ Exterior lighting

¨ Parking facilities¨ Access Control¨ Landscaping¨ Others

Why CPTED?

¨ Utilize human nature and known behavior to deter crime

¨ Harden targets¨ access control¨ Enhance natural surveillance¨ Territorial reinforcement¨ Maintenance “image”

Major Benefits of CPTED

¨ Reduction in crime.¨ Reduction in potential

for crime.¨ Perceived greater safety

and security.

Major Benefits of CPTED

¨ Increased business activity.

¨ Encouragement of the middle class to remain in the city.

Major Benefits of CPTEDImprovement and beautification of the physical environment.Improved quality of life.Revitalization and preservation of neighborhoods

CPTED Uses

¨ Single family homes¨ Neighborhoods¨ Commercial drive-through¨ Commercial storefronts¨ Industrial parks¨ Auto dealerships¨ Office buildings

CPTED Examples

¨ Old World– Moats around castles– Forest clearing along roadways– Walls, gates, drawbridges

¨ New World– See-through elevators– Parking guard stations– Improved lighting designs– Enhanced surveillance– Planned communities

Natural Surveillance¨ Make all parking areas visible through windows and

doors.¨ Screen or conceal dumpsters, but don’t create blind

spots.¨ Position main entrances in high-profile areas, this

allows for greater visibility.¨ Position cash registers near the front windows, but not

directly next to the glass.¨ Avoid fencing, walls, and landscaping that may

obstruct visibility or provide hiding places.¨ Ensure any public pay phones are in highly visible

areas, remove pay phones completely if possible.

Natural Surveillance

CPTED & Lighting

Lighting has two purposes within the CPTED model

1. Lighting is used for the illumination of human activity.

2. Lighting is used for security.

Fact: 90% OF ALL CRIMEOCCURS AFTER DARK

Benefits of Proper Lighting

• Less criminal activity

• Improvement in quality of life

• Improvement in perception of safety

• Increased pedestrian activity

• Improvement in local business

• Increased property values

Access Control

¨ Denies admission– Doors, shrubs, fences, gates, locks, bars,

alarms, and guards¨ Creates perception of risk

– Requires criminal to decide if risk is worth the effort

¨ Deters crime by moving criminals to easier targets

Landscaping¨ Uses

– Beautify property– Define space– Provide shade

¨ Types of materials– Trees– Rocks/bark/etc.– Groundcover– Shrubbery– Grass/lawn material

Landscaping

¨ Walkways and lawn areas symbolize “OK” areas to walk and for people to be.

¨ Rocks, bark, groundcover, and shrubbery identify “personal” areas, places outsiders shouldn’t be.

“ CPTED is not the total answer tocommunity problems, but it doesprovide the community with the means to eliminate or reduceenvironmental obstacles to social, cultural or managerial control.”

Timothy D. CroweCriminologist &CPTED Practitioner

CPTED

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A FOLLOW UP MEETING

Brad YoungCPTED PractitionerEmail: bradleykeithyoung@gmail.comPhone:  510 / 517-9130

Crime Prevention

Crime Prevention is the anticipation, recognitionand appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation ofsome action to remove or

reduce the risk

National Crime Prevention InstituteNCPI