Much has changed in the thirty-one years since I took Tim Crowe’s CPTED course. Styles, technology, the way we communicate including the language and the care with which we choose our words especially those that can be interpreted as labels. In this regard, I believe that it is time that we reimagine a term that […]
A Bridge Too Far – by Tom McKay
It should come as no surprise that when I get multiple people reaching out to me in regards to a “CPTED” intervention that has and continues to make news (I was requested by a Toronto area television show for an interview on the subject), that I would take an interest in it. Such was the […]
The Biology of CPTED – by Barbara Spyropoulos
Hi Tom, I read your “I’m having a C. Ray Jeffery Moment” blog and I think it’s about time that I fess up that I’ve never really understood all these ‘generations’ of CPTED. Perhaps you’ll indulge my ignorance, not having come to CPTED by way of any of the traditional paths. To me, CPTED has always […]
PLEASE, “Stop in the Name of CPTED!” – by Tom McKay
Author Tom McKay Perhaps, it’s because I was taught by the late, great, Tim Crowe more than 30 years ago, but I’ve always held that CPTED is 80% effective against opportunity crime. It should therefore come as no surprise, that I react with some cynicism when exposed to calls for the adoption of CPTED principles in […]
I’m Having a C. Ray Jeffery Moment – by Tom McKay
Traditional CPTED’s place in an increasingly “generational” CPTED world and how the imposition of a generational approach effectively marginalizes the use of traditional CPTED in circumstances where it is warranted as a sole response.