Teaching Kids To Help Design Out Crime National Crime Prevention Council 2006

National Crime Prevention Council 2 Welcome and Introduction

National Crime Prevention Council 3 Who are you? Where are you from? What is your background? Where are you from? What is your background? Why are you here?

National Crime Prevention Council 4 Objectives Learn the definition of CPTED Understand the four key CPTED principles Learn how children and youth can be involved in CPTED Identify the strengths of youth-adult partnerships Learn CPTED activities for your community Learn CPTED teaching strategies

What is Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)?

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

Simply put… CPTED is using common sense to design and build an area so it feels safe and is safe. When CPTED principles are applied, people who use an area feel safer and would-be criminals are discouraged from committing crime.

National Crime Prevention Council 8 Visioning Experience

National Crime Prevention Council 9 Two Scenarios Imagine a safe community. Imagine an unsafe community.

National Crime Prevention Council 10 In order for a criminal 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

National Crime Prevention Council 11 By using CPTED strategies, we can start to design out crime by modifying… Manmade features Natural features

National Crime Prevention Council 12 Four Key Principles of CPTED 1. Access control (coming and going) 2. Surveillance (keeping watch) 3. Territoriality and maintenance (showing we care and watching everywhere) 4. Activity support (having fun, studying, reading, walking)

National Crime Prevention Council 13 Access Control Natural Access Control describes how people get into and out of an area in order to keep would-be criminals out of the area. Use barriers such as entrances, exits, fences, and landscape to prevent people from entering private or dangerous areas. Know who is currently in a building or other space.

National Crime Prevention Council 14 Surveillance Natural surveillance strategies provide people with ways to watch an area. Remove hiding places, add lighting or benches, trim bushes, and bring more people to the area so that it can be easily seen and protected.

National Crime Prevention Council 15 Territoriality and Maintenance Territoriality and maintenance are ways that people show that they own or care for an area. Mark clear boundaries with such things as fences, art, signs, and landscaping. The way we say “this is our space and we care about it and who uses it.”

National Crime Prevention Council 16 Activity Support Activity support promotes positive and appropriate events and behavior in an area. Play in a park, eat in a restaurant, park vehicles in a parking lot. Have a clear idea of how space should be used to enable planners to decide what to put there. should be used to enable planners to decide what to put there. Remember, the way an area is used depends on what is in that area.

National Crime Prevention Council 17 Children and youth have “insider” information. Children and youth have a desire to help out and volunteer. Young people have the skills to do what needs to be done and can design and lead elements of community safety projects. Children and youth can reach their peers. What can kids do? Children and youth can contribute to CPTED efforts.

National Crime Prevention Council 18 Who is walking the streets, playing in the parks, and using community facilities? Children and Youth

National Crime Prevention Council 19 What are the benefits of youth and adults working together? They learn new things about each other. Each group contributes its own skills and knowledge base. More ideas lead to better results. It creates a dialog between children and adults about safe and unsafe places in the community.

National Crime Prevention Council 20 Involvement = Ownership

National Crime Prevention Council 21 How To Involve Children and Youth in CPTED Share the following ideas for involving young people in CPTED-based safety efforts in your community: Create a drawing exercise to teach about CPTED. Create a drawing exercise to teach about 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 center. Create a check-in desk at a community center. Petition for better lighting in a park or playground. Petition for better lighting in a park or playground.

National Crime Prevention Council 22 McGruff’s CPTED Library McGruff’s CPTED Library Designing Safe Spaces: Involving Children and Youth in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design How To Help McGruff®! Service Projects for Children To Make Communities Safer Designing Safer Communities: A Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Handbook

National Crime Prevention Council 23 Want to learn more about designing out crime in your community? The National Crime Prevention Council offers CPTED training for community groups, law enforcement professionals, city and private planners, architects, government officials, school administrators, and other crime prevention practitioners and leaders who are looking for innovative ways to prevent crime in their communities.

National Crime Prevention Council 24 Resources Youth Crime Watch of America – National Criminal Justice Reference Service – Bureau of Justice Assistance –

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National Crime Prevention Council 26 Presenter Contact Information