Abstract:Maintenance and image are characteristics of an environment that express ownership of the property. Deterioration of a property indicates less ownership involvement, which can result in more vandalism...Maintenance and image are characteristics of an environment that express ownership of the property. Deterioration of a property indicates less ownership involvement, which can result in more vandalism, also known as the broken window theory. Because the criminals know their neighborhoods and potential targets of crime, they are more likely to strike at times when they will not be discovered, and possibly apprehended. The concept of activity support is to deliberately design formal and informal support for increasing the levels of human activity in particular spaces as a crime prevention strategy. The use of the grounds will bring the community together for a positive purpose. Target hardening often happens after crime has been committed. The integration of similar, but customer service-oriented crime prevention through environmental design strategies in the initial environmental design may be as effective, but less threatening.Read More
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-04-17
Language: en
Type: article
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