ABSTRACT
Space management strategies are an important means of generating and maintaining activity, serviceability, and natural community control. Strategies include activity coordination, site cleanliness, rapid repair of vandalism and graffiti, and the refurbishment of decayed physical elements. Space management is linked to the principle of territorial reinforcement. The seven crime prevention through environmental design strategies of territorial reinforcement, natural access control, natural surveillance, image and/or maintenance, activity program support, target hardening, and geographical juxtaposition are inherent in the Three-D concept. Design has an important role to play in preventing crime and reducing criminal activity without compromising the enjoyment and usability of products, places and services by legitimate users. If designers consider the ways in which the object, systems or environments they are designing might be susceptible to crime early in the design process, they can prevent crime from occurring, or at least reduce the opportunities for offender behavior.
