{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Leon Harris CPP Published in INsite, August-September 2003 Health service fined $180,000 in landmark assault ruling. The following is an extract from the June 2002 news report from the Australian Institute of Criminology (A.I.C) under the title “Crime and Violence Prevention”. “The recent case of WorkCover Authority of NSW v Central Sydney Area Health Service (18 March 2002) clearly showed…read more →
{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Leon Harris CPP Published in ACQ-Wire, September/October 2002 In a landmark decision, WorkCover (NSW) was successful in a court action resulting in a NSW Government Health Service being fined $180,000. This action is likely to create similar actions in other states. The case clearly showed that inappropriate design of premises can assist in the committing of violent acts….read more →
{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Leon Harris CPP Published in INsite, August/September 2001 In the June publication I touched on the issues of fencing, landscaping and lighting as part of the relationship between architecture and crime prevention. In this edition I want to push the envelope even further. A sigh of relief can be heard across the country from those facility operators who…read more →
{lang: ‘en-GB’}Tweet By Leon Harris CPP Published in INsite, June/July 2001 A large amount of capital and time is injected into a new development, unfortunately often without input by specialist security consultants as part of the design team. Whenever security is developed in relation to planned aged care facilities, there is the inevitable tension between over-securing and under-securing a site. It…read more →
