Teaching Kids To Help Design Out Crime

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Welcome and Welcome and IntroductionIntroduction


Who are you?Who are you?

• Where are you from? What is your Where are you from? What is your background?background?

• Why are you here?


ObjectivesObjectivesLearn the definition of CPTEDLearn the definition of CPTEDUnderstand the four key CPTED Understand the four key CPTED principlesprinciplesLearn how children and youth can Learn how children and youth can be involved in CPTEDbe involved in CPTEDIdentify the strengths of youth-Identify the strengths of youth-adult partnershipsadult partnershipsLearn CPTED activities for your Learn CPTED activities for your communitycommunityLearn CPTED teaching strategiesLearn CPTED teaching strategies

What is Crime What is Crime Prevention Prevention

Through Through Environmental Environmental

Design Design (CPTED)?(CPTED)?

Formal Definition…Formal Definition…

Crime Prevention Through Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Environmental Design (CPTED) is the proper design of the is the proper design of the physical environment to reduce physical environment to reduce fear and the incidence of crime fear and the incidence of crime and improve the quality of life.and improve the quality of life.

Simply put…Simply put…CPTED is using common sense CPTED is using common sense to design and build an area so to design and build an area so it feels safe and is safe.it feels safe and is safe.

When CPTED principles are When CPTED principles are applied, people who use an applied, people who use an area feel safer and would-be area feel safer and would-be criminals are discouraged from criminals are discouraged from committing crime. committing crime.


Visioning ExperienceVisioning Experience


Two ScenariosTwo Scenarios

Imagine a Imagine a safe safe community.community.

Imagine an Imagine an unsafeunsafe community.community.


In order for a criminal In order for a criminal to commit a crime…to commit a crime…

the following three factors are necessary:

• The desire to commit the crime

• The ability to do it

• The opportunity to do it


By using CPTED By using CPTED strategies, we can start strategies, we can start

to design out crimeto design out crimeby modifying… by modifying…

• Manmade featuresManmade features

• Natural featuresNatural features


Four Key Principles of Four Key Principles of CPTEDCPTED

1.1. Access control (coming and Access control (coming and going)going)

2.2. Surveillance (keeping watch)Surveillance (keeping watch)

3.3. Territoriality and maintenance Territoriality and maintenance (showing we care and watching (showing we care and watching everywhere)everywhere)

4.4. Activity support (having fun, Activity support (having fun, studying, reading, walking)studying, reading, walking)


Access ControlAccess ControlNatural Access Control describes how Natural Access Control describes how people get into and out of an area in people get into and out of an area in order to keep would-be criminals out order to keep would-be criminals out of the area.of the area.

Use barriers such as entrances, exits, Use barriers such as entrances, exits, fences, and landscape to prevent fences, and landscape to prevent people from entering private or people from entering private or dangerous areas.dangerous areas.

Know who is currently in a building or Know who is currently in a building or other space.other space.


SurveillanceSurveillance

Natural surveillance strategies Natural surveillance strategies provide people with ways to watch provide people with ways to watch an area.an area.

Remove hiding places, add lighting or Remove hiding places, add lighting or benches, trim bushes, and bring more benches, trim bushes, and bring more people to the area so that it can be people to the area so that it can be easily seen and protectedeasily seen and protected. .


Territoriality and Territoriality and MaintenanceMaintenance

Territoriality and maintenance Territoriality and maintenance are ways that people show that are ways that people show that they own or care for an area.they own or care for an area.

Mark clear boundaries with Mark clear boundaries with such things as fences, art, such things as fences, art, signs, and landscaping.signs, and landscaping.

The way we say “this is our The way we say “this is our space and we care about it and space and we care about it and who uses it.”who uses it.”


Activity SupportActivity Support

Activity support promotes positive and Activity support promotes positive and appropriate events and behavior in an appropriate events and behavior in an area.area.

Play in a park, eat in a restaurant, park Play in a park, eat in a restaurant, park vehicles in a parking lot.vehicles in a parking lot.

Have a clear idea of how space Have a clear idea of how space

should be used to enable planners to should be used to enable planners to decide what to put there.decide what to put there.

Remember, the way an area is used Remember, the way an area is used depends on what is in that area.depends on what is in that area.


• Children and youth have “insider” Children and youth have “insider” information.information.

Children and youth have a desire to Children and youth have a desire to help out and volunteer.help out and volunteer.

Young people have the skills to do what Young people have the skills to do what needs to be done and can design and needs to be done and can design and lead elements of community safety lead elements of community safety projects.projects.

Children and youth can reach their Children and youth can reach their peers.peers.

What can kids do?Children and youth can contribute to CPTED efforts.


Who is walking the Who is walking the streets, playing in the streets, playing in the

parks, and using parks, and using community facilities?community facilities?

Children and Children and YouthYouth


What are the benefits of What are the benefits of youth and adults working youth and adults working

together?together?They learn new things about each other.They learn new things about each other.Each group contributes its own skills and Each group contributes its own skills and knowledge base.knowledge base.More ideas lead to better results.More ideas lead to better results.It creates a dialog between children and It creates a dialog between children and adults about safe and unsafe places in the adults about safe and unsafe places in the community.community.


Involvement = Involvement = OwnershipOwnership


How To Involve Children How To Involve Children and Youth in CPTEDand Youth in CPTED

Share the following ideas for involving young Share the following ideas for involving young people in CPTED-based safety efforts in your people in CPTED-based safety efforts in your community:community:

• Create a drawing exercise to teach about Create a drawing exercise to teach about CPTED.CPTED.

• Conduct a walk-around safety search.Conduct a walk-around safety search.• Join forces with Neighborhood Watch groups.Join forces with Neighborhood Watch groups.• Create a check-in desk at a community Create a check-in desk at a community

center.center.• Petition for better lighting in a park or Petition for better lighting in a park or

playground.playground.


McGruff’s CPTED Library McGruff’s CPTED Library Designing Safe Spaces: Involving Designing Safe Spaces: Involving Children and Youth in Crime Children and Youth in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Prevention Through Environmental DesignDesign

How To Help McGruffHow To Help McGruff®®! Service ! Service Projects for Children To Make Projects for Children To Make Communities SaferCommunities Safer

Designing Safer Communities: A Crime Designing Safer Communities: A Crime Prevention Through Environmental Prevention Through Environmental Design HandbookDesign Handbook


Want to learn more about Want to learn more about designing out crime in designing out crime in

your community?your community?The National Crime Prevention Council The National Crime Prevention Council offers CPTED training for community offers CPTED training for community groups, law enforcement professionals, groups, law enforcement professionals, city and private planners, architects, city and private planners, architects, government officials, school government officials, school administrators, and other crime administrators, and other crime prevention practitioners and leaders prevention practitioners and leaders who are looking for innovative ways to who are looking for innovative ways to prevent crime in their communities.prevent crime in their communities.


ResourcesResources

Youth Crime Watch of America – Youth Crime Watch of America – www.ycwa.orgwww.ycwa.org

National Criminal Justice Reference Service – National Criminal Justice Reference Service – www.ncjrs.govwww.ncjrs.gov

Bureau of Justice Assistance – Bureau of Justice Assistance – www.usdoj.gov/BJAwww.usdoj.gov/BJA


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Washington, DC 20036Washington, DC 20036

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