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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476810503321

Autore

Schneider Richard H.

Titolo

Planning for Crime Prevention / / Richard H. Schneider and Ted Kitchen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, United Kingdom : , : ta, , 2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 331 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

364.490941

Soggetti

Crime prevention

City planning

Crime prevention and architectural design

United States

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction; 01 Crime, costs and the quality of life; 02 Crime trends in the USA and in Britain; 03 Echoes from the past: caves, castles, citadels, walls and trenches; 04 Basic theories and principles of place-based crime prevention planning; 05 American policy and practice; 07 British policy and practice; 08 British case studies; 09 Some Anglo-American comparisons; 10 The way forward; Bibliography; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.