Designing out Crime
For more information on the research in this article email: r.a.armitage@hud.ac.uk and l.y.monchuk@hud.ac.uk or visit pure.hud.ac.uk
The extent to which housing design influences the likelihood of future crime is of fundamental importance to both planning and policing policy and practice. Once built, housing lasts for decades, and there is little that can be done to correct vulnerabilities without great expense. Secured by Design
Professor Rachel Armitage
Between 2000 and 2009, Professor Rachel Armitage and Dr Leanne Monchuk conducted three research projects, funded by West Yorkshire Police (WYP) in 2000, the Home Office (HO) in 2001 and WYP in 2009. Each focused upon the extent to which the combined design requirements of the Secured by Design (SBD) scheme impacted upon levels of crime, residents’ feelings of safety and, whether any benefits had been sustained over a ten-year period.
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Dr Leanne Monchuk
