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Designing out Crime

Good School security REALLY is good business!

{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Leon Harris, Principal Consultant, Harris Crime Prevention Services Traditionally, schools are considered a sanctuary from external criminal activity.  Unfortunately, negative aspects of societal changes have resulted in schools, like many other institutions and community organisations, being targeted by criminals. A safe school (and working) environment goes hand in hand with the philosophies and goals relating to academic…read more →

CPTEM – the forgotten security imperative

{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Leon Harris Published in INsite June/July 2009 In the October/November 2008 issue, I discussed the importance of applying ‘Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design’ (CPTED). Consistent with the CPTED strategy, is a kindred approach called ‘Crime Prevention Through Environmental Management’ (CPTEM). The two should be applied in partnership with each other. As with CPTED, CPTEM should be considered at…read more →

Designing out Crime in Aged Care

{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Leon Harris Published in INsite October/November 2008 Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (‘CPTED’ pronounced ‘Sep-Ted’), although not a new strategic approach to mitigate crime against facilities and to enhance perceptions of safety (e.g. to residents and staff), has only in recent times become a serious design objective at, and from the architectural concept stage. This could partly be…read more →

Aged Care Facilities – an Overview of Security Problems

{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Leon Harris Published in INsite December 2007/January 2008 Although we have seen some considerable improvement in Security Risk Management in various aged care facilities, some adverse conditions remain which degrade efforts in crime prevention and as such should be re-visited by management. We know that the following conditions have assisted criminals in the past and will continue into…read more →

Rethinking security in your aged care facility

{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Leon Harris Published in INsite, April / May 2006 An operator of a large aged care facility made contact with our firm after there had been reports of theft and observation of intruders by staff and residents.  Although staff had previously raised concerns about security issues, management were of the mind that there was no problem with their…read more →

To light or not to light

{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Jerry Retford Published in INsite, December 2003 – January 2004 “Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness” -[Chinese Proverb] Human beings are creatures of light and like moths to a light bulb we tend to gravitate towards light in darkness; indeed our Chinese proverb summarises popular thought on our response to the treatment of darkness,…read more →

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