CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN - FINAL REPORT ON COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION, PORTLAND, OREGON MAY 1978

• NCJ Number: 49206
• Author(s): H M KAPLAND; K C O'KANE; P J LAVRAKAS; E J PESCE
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 262 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-022-74
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE SITE SELECTION, ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING, PROJECT IMPLEMENTAION, AND EVALUATION OF THE CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (CPTED) PROJECT IN A COMMERCIAL AREA IN PORTLAND, OREGON, IS DISCUSSED.

Abstract

AN EXPLANATION OF THE CPTED APPROACH, BACKGROUND, AND PROJECTS IS PRESENTED, AND THE SITE SELECTION OF THE UNION AVENUE CORRIDOR IN PORTLAND AS THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT IS DISCUSSED. PROJECT INITIATION AND ORGANIZATION IS DESCRIBED, AND CRIME-RELATED AND RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS ARE NOTED. THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPANTS ARE CHARTED ACCORDING TO A PROJECTED SCHEDULE. THE MAJOR CONCERNS IN THE PROJECT PLANNING STAGE WERE THE ASSESSMENT OF CRIME-RELATED PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, THE ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CPTED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING TEAM, AND THE WORK PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE. THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PHASE BEGAN WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM AND THE FINALIZATION OF THE DEMONSTRATION PLAN. EFFORTS TO MAKE THE PROJECT A REALITY, AND THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, MANAGERIAL, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CHANGES THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED ALONG WITH THE PROJECT ARE DISCUSSED. A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION INCLUDES THE PREEVALUATION REPORT AND COLLECTION OF BASELINE INFORMATION AND A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE DESIGN AND PROCESS OF THE LATER WESTINGHOUSE EVALUATION. THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, EFFORT AND PROXIMATE GOALS, EFFORTS AND ULTIMATE GOALS, EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES, SIDE EFFECTS, DATA ELEMENTS, GENERAL METHODOLOGY, AND ATTITUDES OF BUSINESS PERSONS AND RESIDENTS OF THE SITE AREA ARE CONSIDERED. DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS EXAMINES EFFORT MEASUREMENT POINTS, APPROXIMATE GOAL MEASUREMENT POINTS. CRIME REDUCTION MEASUREMENT POINTS, FEAR-OF-CRIME MEASUREMENT POINTS, AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASUREMENT POINTS. THE PROJECT IS ASSESSED AT BOTH THE LOCAL ADEQUACY AND THE NATIONAL ADEQUACY LEVELS, AND IS FOUND TO BE SUCCESSFUL. REVISIONS FOR THE CONCEPTUAL AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK ARE SUGGESTED. APPENDIXES INCLUDE QUESTIONNAIRE FORMS, SURVEY FORMS, AN EXPLANATION OF THE CPTED THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, AND THE CHRONOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION. (DAG)