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Gerontological perspectives on crime and nuisance
— the elderly critically evaluate housing designs in the British city | | Author(s) | Paul Cozens, David Hillier, Gwyn Prescott |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 14, no 2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 63-84 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Criminology ; Crime prevention ; Attitude ; Architectural design [housing [elderly]] ; Urban areas. |
| Annotation | This paper investigates the perceptions of older people in relation to crime and nuisance and the fear of crime associated with stereotypical British housing designs. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) has become popular once again in America, Australia, Canada, South Africa, as well as in Europe and Britain. A crucial dimension to this theory concerns the perception of "territoriality", "surveillance," and "image" within the design of the built environment derived from Newman's "defensible space" concepts (1973). This paper presents and discusses the ways in which older people associate crime and nuisance with a range of traditional housing designs. The findings strongly reinforce Newman's theory. The paper concludes that the design and more importantly, the management of residential housing influence the perceived levels of crime, nuisance and fear of crime and the "defensible" qualities of each specific design. Policy implications for housing are reviewed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030128204 A |
| Classmark | TW: TWF: DP: KE:YB3: RK |
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