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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820748803321

Autore

Poyner Barry

Titolo

Crime-free housing in the 21st century / / Barry Poyner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-135-89929-0

1-138-17625-7

1-315-06097-3

1-135-89922-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 p.)

Disciplina

141

Soggetti

Crime prevention and architectural design - Great Britain

Housing policy - Great Britain

Criminology - Great Britain

Housing development - England

Housing development - Wales

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-118) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Half-title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword by Ronald V. Clarke ""; ""Foreword by Stephen Town ""; ""Introduction""; ""Author�s Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1. Recent Research and Guidance Reviewed""; ""2. Crime in Residential Areas""; ""3. Comparing Housing Layouts""; ""4. Burglary and Housing Layout""; ""5. Car Crime and Housing Layout""; ""6. Theft and Damage Around The Home""; ""7. Fifteen Years On""; ""8. Case Studies""; ""9. Design Strategies against Crime""

""Appendix 1 A Classification of Residential and Non-Residential Crime """"Appendix 2 Residential Crime Data ""; ""Appendix 3 �Summary of Design Requirements� (from Crime Free Housing) ""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This book sets out to investigate the relationship between crime and the design and planning of housing, and to produce practical recommendations to help architects and planners to reduce crime.