Understanding CPTED Principlesand School Safety

NASRO Certified CPTED School Practitioner

Outline

SCHOOL SAFETY INTRO

SAFE & UNSAFE ENVIRONMENTS

CPTED PRINCIPLES

SCHOOL SAFETY

SAFE + UNSAFE ENVIRONMENTS

Blum, McNeely, and Rinehart, Improving the Odds: The Untapped Power of Schools to Improve the Health of a Teen, http://www.cga.ct.gov/coc/PDFs/bullying/youth_summit_2014/improving_the_odds.pdf

RESEARCH SHOWS…

Florida Safe School Design Guidelines: Strategies to Enhance Security and Reduce Vandalism. updated. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Education; 2003.

RESEARCH SHOWS…

Florida Safe School Design Guidelines: Strategies to Enhance Security and Reduce Vandalism. updated. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Education; 2003.

What is CPTED?

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

The form, arrangement, and design of buildings and open spaces can encourage or discourage criminal activity

and undesirable behavior.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

The form, arrangement, and design of buildings and open spaces can encourage or discourage criminal activity

and undesirable behavior.

“The premise of CPTED is that proper design and use of the human environment can create a reduction in the incidence and fear of crime, and increase the quality of life.”

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CPTED EMPHASIS

Physical environment

Productive use of space

Behavior of people

Jacobs, Jane, The Death and life of Great American Cites, New York, NY, Random House: 1961.Newman, Oscar, Defensible Space, New York, NY, McMillan Publishing: 1973.

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CPTED | Goals

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CPTED | Benefits

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CPTED | PREMISE

CPTEDPrinciples

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CPTED PRINCIPLES

CPTED PRINCIPLES

SURVEILLANCEWILL I BE SEEN?

SURVEILLANCE

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SURVEILLANCE

C. Casteel (UCLA) & C. Peek-Asa (UCLA). 2000. Effectiveness of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) in reducing robberies. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 17, 99-115, p.110

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Group A

Normal Screen

Group B

Eyes Screen

SURVEILLANCE

K.J. Haley (UCLA), D.M.T. Fessler (UCLA). 2005. Nobody’s watching? Subtle cues affect generosity in an anonymous economic game. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26, 245-256

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Group A

Normal screen

Group B

Screen with eyes

SURVEILLANCE

K.J. Haley (UCLA), D.M.T. Fessler (UCLA). 2005. Nobody’s watching? Subtle cues affect generosity in an anonymous economic game. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26, 245-256Image: Designing Violence Out of Schools presentation by Russel James J.D., Ph.D.

SurveillanceSURVEILLANCE

SURVEILLANCEEffective D

eterrents

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SURVEILLANCE | BUILDING

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SURVEILLANCE | BUILDING

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SURVEILLANCE | BUILDING

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SURVEILLANCE | BUILDING

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SURVEILLANCE | STAIRS

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SURVEILLANCE | STAIRS

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SURVEILLANCE | CORRIDORS

SURVEILLANCE | CORRIDORS

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SURVEILLANCE | CORRIDORS

Removing posters and papers on

windows and opening blinds

Improves natural surveillance

SURVEILLANCE | RESTROOMS

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SURVEILLANCE | RESTROOMS

ACCESSWHO CAN GET IN & OUT?

ACCESS | SITE

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ACCESS | SITE

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ACCESS | ROOF

ACCESS | BUILDING

ACCESS | BUILDING

ACCESS | WAYFINDING

ACCESS | WAYFINDING

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ACCESS | WAYFINDING

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ACCESS | WAYFINDING

ACCESS | WAYFINDING

ACCESS | ENTRY

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ACCESS | ENTRY

ACCESS | ENTRY

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ACCESS | ENTRY

ACCESS | ENTRY

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TERRITORIALITYDOES ANYONE CARE

WHAT HAPPENS HERE?

TERRITORIALITY | BOUNDARIES

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TERRITORIALITY | BOUNDARIES

TERRITORIALITY | AMENITIES

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TERRITORIALITY | AMENITIES

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TERRITORIALITY | AMENITIES

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TERRITORIALITY | AMENITIES

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TERRITORIALITY | AMENITIES

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TERRITORIALITY | AMENITIES

TERRITORIALITY | MAINTENANCE

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TERRITORIALITY | MAINTENANCE

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TERRITORIALITY | MAINTENANCE

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TERRITORIALITY | MAINTENANCE

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TERRITORIALITY | INCLUSION

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TERRITORIALITY | INCLUSION

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PUTTING IT INTO ACTION

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CALL TO ACTION

LIABILITY WAIVER

“Implementation of our recommendations does not guarantee a crime-free environment. However, it is our experience that the application of the CPTED concept and principles reduces the opportunity for criminal behavior, creates an environment for positive social interaction and enhances the quality of life.”

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