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Safe and Healthy School Environments

Howard Frumkin, Robert Geller, I. Leslie Rubin, and Janice Nodvin

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780195179477

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195179477.001.0001

Violence and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design

Chapter:
(p. 251 ) 19 Violence and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
Source:
Safe and Healthy School Environments
Author(s):

Tod Schneider

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195179477.003.0019

This chapter discusses violence and crime prevention in schools. Environmental changes can help protect schools from violence, crime, and other antisocial behavior. First-generation Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) focuses on physical measures: improving natural surveillance, access control, and territoriality. Second-generation CPTED addresses the affective environment and promotes connectivity through a positive school climate and culture.

Keywords:   school environment, school safety, student safety, crime prevention, violence, antisocial behavior

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