ABSTRACT
Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is a concept that was first introduced in the 1970s. A CPTED assessment attempts to evaluate the physical setting of facility and maintenance factors that affect the safety and crime quotient capability of a particular school. Environmental factors such as the type of neighborhood, housing facilities, businesses, streets, and institutions surrounding the school affect the school's operation. Many times, after a tragic event on a school campus, people who have taught the student or were acquainted with the faculty member responsible for the attack say they noticed odd things prior to the event but did not think to report them to authorities. Despite established rules designed to protect at-risk students from cyberbullying, many times the student does not disengage from social media when school ends. The impact of being bullied or picked on can become enormous, forcing a student to withdraw from the school environment.
