Crime and the design of new-build housing.

Cozens, P.

Crime and the design of new-build housing. - 1999 - Town & Country Planning 68(7) July 1999, 231-3(3) .

Discusses the concept of crime prevention through environmental and building design. The authors argue that new-build developments provide an opportunity to evaluate the theory that design can affect crime levels, as originally suggested by Oscar Newman in his book 'Defensible Space'. Statistics.


CRIME PREVENTION
HOUSING