Designing for Crime Prevention Webcast

$59.90

add to cart Get More With a Subscription! Request a Demo For Your Company

This course has been discontinued

Did you realize we can plan and design our urban areas to deter crime? Nearly fifty years ago, Jane Jacobs penned The Death and Life of Great American Cities that suggested crime could be reduced by having "eyes on the street." The idea is that vibrant, mixed-use, transparent urban areas experience less crime because people watch the streets throughout the day. Many neighborhood watch programs adopt the same philosophy. This webcast will also explore the theory known as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). The CPTED theory advocates that proper design elements can help enhance the safety of our urban environment and lead to a reduction in the fear and incidence of crime.

This interactive online course exposes you, the planning, design, and/or construction professional, to the importance of planning and designing with consideration of crime and safety. We'll examine:

•Origins of Eyes on the Street philosophy and the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design theory

•Urban planning approaches to deter crime

•Urban design approaches to enhance safety (CPTED)

Objectives SME

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of the course you will be able to:

Define the Eyes on the Street approach and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design theory
Discuss the difference between urban planning to deter crime and designing for safety (CPTED)
List urban planning approaches used to discourage crime
List some of the potential design approaches used to enhance safety and reduce fear

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Rumanda Young, Ph.D.

Dr. Young is a Registered Landscape Architect (RLA) in the state of Texas and a Certified Planner (AICP). She holds a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture (BLA) from the University of Arkansas, a master’s degree in city and regional planning (MCRP) with environmental planning emphasis from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. in urban planning and public policy. Dr. Young also spent time abroad in Cheltenham, England at the University of Gloucestershire focusing on sustainable development practices, environmental planning, and resource management.

Dr. Young has eight years of private practice experience, six of which working with the firm Carter & Burgess, Inc. She was involved in a variety of work including a wide range of park and recreational planning and design projects. Landscape Architectural experience ranges from preparation of detail site design plans, inventory and analysis documents, park, recreation and open space master plans, city-wide comprehensive plans, interpretive prospectus documents, construction document preparation, and preparation of grant applications and rezoning applications for cities throughout Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

Dr. Young currently works as a Military Master Planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the Planning, Environmental, and Regulatory Branch. Dr. Young is involved in a variety of work including a wide range of military planning, programming, and design projects. Project Management experience ranges from installation design guides to campus master plans. Projects also focus on the impacts of development on human health and the environment, and improvements through better siting, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of military projects.

Dr. Young is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, School of Architecture. She teaches master’s level landscape architecture design studio course(s).