NCJ Number
9632
Date Published
1972
Length
127 pages
Annotation
PAPERS DEALING WITH OVERALL IMPACTS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, LEGISLATION AS A DETERRENCE FACTOR, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
Abstract
A SELECTION OF PAPERS DEALING WITH THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF RESIDENTIAL CRIME COMPRISE THIS MONOGRAPH ONE OF A SERIES OF NINE - EXTRACTED FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LAW ENFORCEMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HELD AT WASHINGTON, D.C., ON MAY 1-3, 1972. THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURING OF RESIDENCES AS A MEANS OF DETERRING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS DISCUSSED IN SEVERAL CONTEXTS INCLUDING THE OVERALL IMPACTS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND THE VALUE OF LEGISLATING BUILDING SECURITY CODES AS A DETERRENCE FACTOR. THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN PROGRAMS TO CURB CRIME IS HIGHLIGHTED AS A MAJOR ELEMENT OF THE OVERALL PROBLEM. ACTIONS WHICH CAN BE TAKEN BY THE INDIVIDUAL, BY COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND BY JOINT CITIZEN POLICE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS ARE COVERED. ALSO PRESENTED IS A PAPER ANALYZING THE PATTERNS OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES WHICH RESULT FROM THE INTERACTION OF THE OFFENDER WHO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES OR CREATES HIS OWN OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMIT CRIMES, THE CITIZEN WHO INCREASES OR DECREASES THE PROBABILITY THAT HE WILL OR WILL NOT BECOME A VICTIM OF A PARTICULAR CRIME, AND, THE POLICE WHO ATTEMPT TO COUNTER THE MOVES OF THE OFFENDER AND SUPPORT THE MOVES OF THE CITIZEN. (SNI ABSTRACT)