{"id":2522,"date":"2013-10-11T04:17:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T04:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2014-03-01T00:12:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T00:12:59","slug":"anti-crime-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/anti-crime-design","title":{"rendered":"Designs and Codes That Reduce Crime Around Multifamily Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research shows that crime rates are influenced by the design of both the building and the space surrounding the building. This 4-page\u00a0<a title=\"PDF: Designs and Codes that Reduce Crime Around Multifamily Housing Factsheet\" href=\"http:\/\/lgc.org\/wordpress\/docs\/freepub\/community_design\/fact_sheets\/anti-crime_design.pdf\">fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0(PDF, 232 KB) highlights some of the key design concepts that architects, landscape architects, planners, and elected officials can employ to help ensure that new multifamily housing remains crime-free.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PDF: Designs and Codes that Reduce Crime Around Multifamily Housing Factsheet\" href=\"http:\/\/lgc.org\/wordpress\/docs\/freepub\/community_design\/fact_sheets\/anti-crime_design.pdf\">Designs and Codes that Reduce Crime around Multifamily Housing<\/a>\u00a0(PDF, 232 KB)<\/p>\n<p><b>Implementing these Ideas<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/lgc.org\/wordpress\/images\/freepub\/006_courtyard.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"134\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A number of local agencies have converted anti-crime design concepts into local codes and guidelines for new development and redevelopment. Examples and guidelines are available in our\u00a0<a title=\"Guidelines that Reduce Crime around Multifamily Housing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lgc.org\/anti-crime\">Guidelines section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>References used in writing<\/b>\u00a0<b><i>Designs and Codes that Reduce Crime Around Multifamily Housing:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>O. Newman,\u00a0<i>Design Guidelines for Creating Defensible Space<\/i>\u00a0(1975) Washington, D.C.: U.S. Departmental Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.<\/li>\n<li>C. Cooper,\u00a0<i>Resident Attitudes Towards the Environment at St. Francis Square, San Francisco: A Summary of the Initial Findings<\/i>, Working paper No. 126 (Berkeley: University of California, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, July 1970.)<\/li>\n<li>A. Zelinka and D. Brennan,\u00a0<i>Safescape<\/i>\u00a0(2001) American Planning Association.<\/li>\n<li>R.L. Cole, Kuo, F.E. Kuo and W.C. Sullivan (1997) Where does community grow? The social context created by nature in urban public housing.\u00a0<i>Environment &amp; Behavior<\/i>, 29(4), 468-492.<\/li>\n<li>F.E. Kuo &amp; W.C. Sullivan (2001) Environment and crime in the inner city: Does vegetation reduce crime?\u00a0<i>Environment &amp; Behavior,<\/i>\u00a033(3)343-367.<\/li>\n<li>F.E. Kuo, et. al., (1998). Fertile ground for community: Inner-city neighborhood common spaces.\u00a0<i>American Journal of Community Psychology,<\/i>\u00a026(1)823-851.<\/li>\n<li>R. Sampson, S. Raudenbush and F. Earls (1997) Neighborhoods and Violent Crime&#8221; A multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy,\u00a0<i>Science<\/i>, Vol. 277, August 15.<\/li>\n<li>H. 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