Crime Prevention Part 3

CPTED Concept Introduction

  • Introduction to CPTED
  • Physical planning- reducing criminal opportunity
  • Ultimate guide to home security
  • Protecting the perimeter of your building
  • Role of police in CPTED

Conducting Security Assessments and Liability Issues

  • Safety audit guidelines
  • Design survey
  • Expanding role of CPTED

Lighting

  • Ten commandments of proper lighting
  • Recommended lighting levels
  • Light specifications
  • Lighting up for crime
  • Windows and Glazing

Doors and Other Openings

  • Locks and Key Control
  • The history of locks
  • Different types of locks
  • Review of various locks and entry systems
  • Choosing the best lock for your home

Safes

  • Safe rating
  • How to purchase a safe
  • 10 things you need to know about security

Fences and Landscaping

  • Plants for security
  • Kicklighter landscaping
  • Types of fencing materials
  • Security versus privacy fencing
  • Proper visibility through fences
  • Guidelines for proper installation
  • How landscapes can support the CPTED Components

Windows and Glazing

  • Window specifications
  • Bulletproof glass
  • Review of article

Locks and Key Control

  • Basic definition of a lock
  • Characteristics of various types of locks
  • How anti-drill features work
  • Advantages and limitations of burglar bars
  • Recommendations for key control
  • Advantages and disadvantages of proximity card readers

Alarms and Cameras

  • Electronic intrusion detection
  • Components of an alarm system
  • Types of sensing devices
  • Five main causes of alarm system failure
  • CCTV: Closed Circuit TV
  • Effectiveness of CCTV.
  • Proper camera installation and maintenance

Colors, Pictures, Art

  • How color impacts human behavior
  • Characteristics of the colors red, yellow, and green
  • How pictures can be used to influence human behavior
  • How signs and arrows can be used to influence human behavior

Floor Plans and Site Plans

Review of specific CPTED scenarios that engage the student by having them provide solutions using information previously reviewed in the course. The objective is to encourage students to apply knowledge gained through information reviewed in the classroom and to enhance their ability to see these scenarios in a CPTED mode.

Maintenance

  • The role of maintenance
  • The next evolution of CPTED
  • Graffiti prevention: lights, landscape, access