Crime and the fear of crime are issues high in public concern and on political agendas in most developed countries. This book takes these issues and relates them to the contribution that urban planners and participative planning processes can make in response to these problems. Its focus is thus on the extent to which crime opportunities can be prevented or reduced through the design, planning and management of the built environment. The perspective of the book is transatlantic and comparative, not only because ideas and inspiration in this and many other fields increasingly move between countries but also because there is a great deal of relevant theoretical material and practice in both the USA and the UK which has not previously been pulled together in this systemic manner.

About the Author

Richard H. Schneider is Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, USA and Graduate Studies Co-ordinator in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Ted Kitchen is Professor of Planning and Urban Regeneration and Director of the School of Environment and Development at Sheffield Hallam University, England.

Reviews

'Excellent...the scope is very impressive and the fact that a book about planning contains many references to criminology is particularly welcome to me. I've recommended it to as many people as possible.' - Steve Town, Architectural Liaison Officer, West Yorkshire Police

'This book provides the reader with an enlightening and informative comparative study of planning and crime prevention in the US and UK.' - Local Government Studies

'Excellent...the scope is very impressive and the fact that a book about planning contains many references to criminology is particularly welcome to me. I've recommended it to as many people as possible.' - Steve Town, Architectural Liaison Officer, West Yorkshire Police

'This important work, published by Routledge, aims to push the boundaries of much staid thinking.' - Urban Design Quarterly, Autumn 2002

'This book, like criminology itself, is eclectic in the sense it urges a broad proposition not a series of "recipies" in a "cookbook". Rather it offers an approach that addresses people's real concerns by offering dialogue, professional input and a strong desire to push the evidential base to ensure the approach and methodology they are espousing become a beneficial orthodoxy. In this way this book should also find itself as standard reading for students and academics of criminology as well as on the planning curricula.' - Urban Design Quarterly, Autumn 2002

'This book provides the reader with an enlightening and informative comparative study of planning and crime prevention in the US and UK.' - Local Government Studies

'A significant and timely contribution to those interested in place-based crime prevention and, more broadly, in holistic community planning and design.' - Al Zelinka, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

'This book should be on the bookshelves of practicing planners, urban designers, and crime prevention professionals.' - Al Zelinka, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

Book Information
ISBN 9780415241373
Author Ted Kitchen
Format Paperback
Page Count 356
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 660g