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...include appropriate levels built-in security. The principles of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) can help achieve this, and they play a role in a number of voluntary guidelines and standards in the public and private sectors.
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design was introduced in 1971, when C. Ray Jeffery published the book Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. The theory focuses on creating spaces that naturally deter crime by playing on the perceived psychological cues that would make a criminal hesitate to target the area. It capitalizes on open spaces, careful lighting, well-placed windows and other techniques that would make it difficult for a criminal to find a hiding place. It also recommends creative landscaping, strong signage, use of a single...
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