My first introduction to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) occurred back in 2004 as a member of South Australia Police. As a general duty member, I was expected to use basic CPTED knowledge, and provide education for break and enter victims to help reduce recidivism. Fast forward almost 20 years, as a Community Safety […]
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Risk Terrain Modeling – The Universe Just Answered Back! By Tom McKay
While I’m familiar with the saying “put it out in the universe”, I can’t say that I previously had the experience where the “universe” actually answered back. That all changed for me at the 11th Annual Crime Prevention Conference hosted by Safe City Mississauga on October 27th, 2022 where I took in Dr. Joel Caplan’s […]
The “Abnormal” Language of CPTED – By Tom McKay
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 […]