1. Change your Environment, Change your Community
Melanie Austin, MPH
Director of Education
MOCSA
Vanessa Crawford Aragon
Community Prevention Coordinator

2. Overview Introductions Community Level Prevention CPTED
Sexual Violence Prevention and CPTED
Pilot CPTED Program

3. Wyandotte County Sexual Assault Prevention Coalition
Vision: WyCo-SAP envisions a community free from sexual violence.
Sub-committees: CPTED and Violence Prevention Plan
Current Members: School District; Law Enforcement; Health Department; Legal Services; Local DV Program; 20/20/20; Community Health Council; Livable Neighborhoods; University

4. Public Health Framework
Social Ecological Model
Public Health Model
Shared Risk and Protective Factors of Multiple Forms of Violence

5. Social Ecological Model
Relationship
(Peers, Partners, Family Members, Mentors)
Individual
(Age, Race, Education, Income, Gender)
Community
(School, Neighborhood, Workplace, Environment)
Societal
(Policy, Social and Cultural Norms)
Understanding Violence, 2014)

6. Public Health Approach
Define the problem
Identify risk and protective factors
Develop and test prevention strategies
Assure widespread adoption
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015)

7. Community Level – Shared Risk Factors
Type of Violence Perpetration
Child Abuse
Teen DV
IPV SV YV
Bullying
Suicide
Elder Abuse
Neighborhood poverty x
High alcohol outlet density
Community violence
Diminished economic opportunities
Poor neighborhood support/cohesion x
Violence takes many forms that are interconnected and often share the same root causes.
Understanding the overlapping causes of violence and the things that can protect people and communities can help us better address violence in all its forms.
Risk Factors = Things that make it more likely that people will experience violence.
Protective Factors = Things that make it less likely that people will experience violence or increase resiliency when faced with risk factors.
(Wilkins, 2014)

8. Community Level – Shared Protective Factors
Type of Violence Perpetration
Child Abuse
Teen DV
IPV SV YV
Bullying
Suicide
Elder Abuse
Coordination of resources and services among community agencies x
Access to mental health and substance abuse services
Community support/ connectedness
(Wilkins, 2014)
(Wilkins, 2014)

9. What is CPTED?
Crime Prevention Through Environment Design Definition: Designing the places and spaces you share with your neighbors with safety in mind. Goal: Reduce crime and fear of crime, and improve quality of life.

10. CPTED Principles Natural Surveillance Natural Access Control
Can I see? Can others see me?
Natural Access Control
Do I know where to go?
Territorial Reinforcement
Who should be here?
Maintenance
Does someone care about this place?
Bring candy to give out to people who participate in conversation on what is wrong and what is right with a picture.

11. Natural Surveillance:
Can I see? Can others see me?
Windows
Landscaping
Open spaces
“Eyes on the street” focuses on open design & greater visibility

12. What’s right with this picture?

13. Natural Access Control
Do I know where to go?
Marked entryway
Good lighting
Sign
Doors
Fences
Can I see? Can other see me?

14. What’s right with this picture?

15. Territorial Reinforcement
Who should be here?
Landscaping
Signs
Fences
Seating
Sidewalks
Helps show the difference between public and private spaces.

16. What’s right with this picture?

17. Maintenance Does someone care about this place? Ownership
Good maintenance shows that someone cares about a space.

18. What’s right with this picture?

19. Art Reduces vandalism Improves appearance
Promotes community partnerships and support

20. Lighting
Good lighting helps people feel more comfortable with their surroundings.
Lighting provides clear paths for movement and highlights entryways without creating harsh effects or shadowy hiding places.\Street and side walk lights, eco friendly, shine only on the path intended to reduce light pollution.

21. Positive Activity Generator
Positive activity generator examples include events, fairs, parades, block parties, movies, etc.

22. Negative Activity Generator
Negative activity generator examples include homeless camps, littered parks, graffiti, etc.

23. What are the benefits of CPTED?
Have people discuss in groups of 3-4 people and report back to larger group
Opportunities to play meaningful roles in community crime prevention
Improved sense of security and quality of life through reduced fear of crime
Fewer crimes committed in neighborhoods, fewer victimizations of residents
Increased interaction among residents and stronger neighborhood bonds
New crime prevention and problem-solving skills and enhanced knowledge of city government agencies and other resources
Human movement/behavior (utilize spaces, likely to connect with neighbors and reach out if you trust your environment, utilize parks and get rid of negative stress)

24. How does CPTED connect to sexual violence prevention?
When people feel safer in their community they are more likely to go outside and connect with their neighbors. If violence is happening in the homes we may have the opportunity for help if we have other safe people we are connected to in our neighborhoods and we may be able to connect to resources in our community (another protective factor)
Opportunities to get rid of negative stress if we can go outside and connect/utilize our environment
Change human behavior if you know you are being watched and we often know that victims are isolated by their perpetrators

25. CPTED Pilot Program Program Components: CPTED Training
Adoption of CPTED Policies and Practices
Evaluation
The Wyandotte County Sexual Violence Prevention (WyCo-SAP) Coalition is providing organizations in the Wyandotte County community with the opportunity to participate in a CPTED program to prevent violence in the community. The goal of CPTED is to prevent crime and violence by designing a physical environment that positively influences human behavior and enhances a sense of safety.
CPTED 101 training: Staff, volunteers, and key stakeholders learn the basics of CPTED in a minute training.
Adopt CPTED policies or practices: Work with WyCo-SAP to identify CPTED practices and principles to utilize in your community programs/work.
Evaluation: Work with WyCo-SAP to evaluate the CPTED program.

29. THANK YOU!