Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20539
Title: Crime Risk Assessments in New South Wales
Contributor(s): Clancey, Garner (author)
Publication Date: 2011
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-010-9134-7
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20539
Abstract: Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) guidelines have been adopted in numerous jurisdictions around the world. In 2001, guidelines were introduced in New South Wales (Australia) to ensure that proposed developments/redevelopments of the built environment reflected key CPTED principles. The guidelines state that in certain circumstances a crime risk assessment is required for the proposed development and the resulting report forms part of the development application, which is reviewed by the relevant consent authority (a council or state government department depending upon the size of the development). To date, these guidelines have not been evaluated, making it impossible to assess their impact and the utility of the associated crime risk assessment reports. Moreover, much of the academic literature on CPTED has historically tended to focus on the implementation of CPTED strategies and not on the processes adopted pre-development. To partially fill this gap in knowledge, a small number (4) of publicly available crime risk assessment reports have been reviewed here and key issues highlighted. In particular, the relevance of some aspects of these reports is questioned, as is the impact of the relationship between the client (i.e. developer) commissioning the report and the findings of the 'independent' consultant. The small sample of risk assessment reports randomly selected for review cannot be considered representative of the larger body of such reports. Nonetheless, the insights generated from this exercise should be of interest to policy makers and practitioners engaged in this work.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 17(1), p. 55-67
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Place of Publication: Netherlands
ISSN: 1572-9869
0928-1371
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 160201 Causes and Prevention of Crime
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 940402 Crime Prevention
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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