ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book overviews of the theoretical development of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and where it fits with Routine Activity Approach, Rational Choice Theory and Situational Crime Prevention. It focuses was on guardianship, breaking this down to explore the availability of guardians, the level of surveillance/monitoring and the willingness/ability of those guardians to intervene should the necessity arise. The book discusses new possibilities for improving the allocation of CPTED resources, but in this case the focus was upon terrorist threat. It focuses upon terrorist attacks, its application has relevance to all crime types and, in this era of public sector funding cuts, could improve the allocation of resources across a variety of environments. The book develops and validates a CPTED model within the setting of Malaysia. It raises the issue of implementation, specifically that elusive ‘management and maintenance’ component of CPTED.
