ABSTRACT

Periodically I am asked for sources to provide a core body of knowledge on crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). There are many worthy article contribution candidates to consider, and here are 10 classics to make sure are in your library:

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (the updated 3rd ed., Crowe book, edited by Lawrence Fennelly). https://www.amazon.com/Crime-Prevention-Through-EnvironmentalDesign/dp/0124116353

Annotated Bibliography on CPTED, by Greg Saville, Sean Michael, and Joel Warren, Utah State University; Today this work remains one of the most expansive CPTED bibliographies in the world. https://www.veilig-ontwerp-beheer.nl/publicaties/a-cptedbibliography-1975-2011

DOJ: Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS): Using CPTED in Problem-Solving (Diane Zahm). https://www.popcenter.org/tools/pdfs/cpted.pdf

21st Century Security and CPTED: Designing for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Crime Prevention (2nd ed.). Randy Atlas, editor; CRC Press. https://www.amazon.com/21stCentury-Security-CPTED-Infrastructure/dp/1439880212

286National Crime Prevention Council - CPTED Best Practices from Weed and Seed Sites https://www.ncpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NCPC_BestPracticesCPTED.pdf

National Criminal Justice Reference Service—Florida's Approach to CPTED (by Sherry and Stan Carter). https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Photocopy/143817NCJRS.pdf

Wikipedia. CPTED. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_prevention_through_environmental_design

1989 Brisbane, Australian Conference on Designing Out Crime, by Susan Geason and Paul R. Wilson. https://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/conferences/cpted/cpted.pdf

International CPTED Association. https://www.cpted.net

“The” CPTED LinkedIn Group, representing the largest CPTED group with over 3,780 members. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/931077