1. ©TCLEOSE Course #2102 Crime Prevention Curriculum Part II is the intellectual property of ICJS (2010) Crime Prevention Part II Teaching Kids To Help Design Out Crime

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learning Objective:Learning Objective: The student will be able to define and explain CPTED and its 3-objectives and 4-key principals concerning youth. Learning Objective:Learning Objective: The student will be able to explain how CPTED strategies can be used by youth to design out crime. Learning Objective:Learning Objective: The student will be able to explain the benefits of adults and youth working together. Learning Objective:Learning Objective: The student will be able to explain how ownership equals involvement and how to involve youth in CPTED concepts to enhance community quality of life.

3. Teaching Kids To Help Design Out Crime Institute for Criminal Justice Studies National Crime Prevention Council And the

4. Foreword Now you have learned a lot about Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) from CPTED Part I and II. You can use this information to teach and win over the kids to help you in your crime prevention efforts.

5. TARGET AUDIENCE Middle school children High school children College students – young adults

6. Who are you? Where are you from? What is your background? Why are you here? Youth Questions?

7. Objectives definitionCPTED You have learned the definition of CPTED four keyCPTEDprinciples You now understand the four key CPTED principles how children youth CPTED Now learn how children and youth can be involved in CPTED

8. Objectives - continued youth-adult partnerships Identify the strengths of youth-adult partnerships CPTED activities Learn CPTED activities for your community CPTED teaching strategies Learn CPTED teaching strategies

9. What is Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design ( CPTED )? NO, it is not everybody EXCEPT TED!

10. Formal Definition… (Review from previous lesson) Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design ( CPTED ) is the proper design of the physical environment to reduce fear and the incidence of crime and improve the quality of life.

11. Simply put… CPTED CPTED is using common sense to design and build an area so it feels safe and is safe. CPTED When CPTED principles are applied, people who use an area feel safer and would-be criminals are discouraged from committing crime.

12. Visioning Experience Visioning illuminates possibilities

13. Two Scenarios Imagine a safe community. Imagine an unsafe community.

14. In order for a criminal to commit a crime… the following three factors are necessary: desire The desire to commit the crime ability The ability to do it opportunity The opportunity to do it

15. By using CPTED strategies, we can start to design out crime by modifying… Manmade features Natural features

16. Four Key Principles of CPTED 1.Access 1.Access control (coming and going) 2.Surveillance 2.Surveillance (keeping watch) 3.Territoriality 3.Territoriality and maintenance (showing we care and watching everywhere) 4.Activity 4.Activity support (having fun, studying, reading, walking)

17. Access Control Natural Access Control describes how people get into and out of an area in order to keep would-be criminals out of the area. barriers Use barriers such as entrances, exits, fences, and landscape to prevent people from entering private or dangerous areas. Know Know who is currently in a building or other space.

18. Natural Surveillance Natural surveillance strategies provide people with ways to watch an area. hiding placeslighting trim bushes Remove hiding places, add lighting or benches, trim bushes, and bring more people to the area so that it can be easily seen and protected.

19. Territoriality and Maintenance maintenance Territoriality and maintenance are ways that people show that they own or care for an area. Mark fences signslandscaping Mark clear boundaries with such things as fences, art, signs, and landscaping.

20. Territoriality and Maintenance continued The way we say “this is our space and we care about it and who uses it.”

21. Activity Support Activity support promotes positive and appropriate events and behavior in an area. Play Play in a park, eat in a restaurant, park vehicles in a parking lot. clear Have a clear idea of how space should be used to enable planners to decide what to put there.

22. Activity Support - continued depends Remember, the way an area is used depends on what is in that area. Some considerations could be? Parks Walking Trails & Jogging paths Libraries Swimming Pools Community and/or Youth Centers Churches & Schools

23. Children and youth have “insider” information. desire Children and youth have a desire to help out and volunteer. What can kids do? youthCPTED Children and youth can contribute to CPTED efforts.

24. What can kids do? Young people have the skills to do what needs to be done and can design and lead elements of community safety projects. can reach their peers Children and youth can reach their peers.

25. What does every High School have you can tap into for student support? J.R.O.T.C.

26. Other Resource Considerations Band club PAL (Peer Assistance Leaders) Other High School Clubs - Latin club Church youth Boy & Girl Scouts (Scouting)

27. facilities Who is walking the streets, playing in the parks, and using community facilities? Children and Youth

28. Our greatest natural resource NEVER GIVE-UP ON A CHILD

29. DOLLAR BILL & YOUTH ANALOGY If you wad it up is it still a dollar? If you drop it and it gets dirty is it still a dollar and is it still worth something? Can you take the time straighten it out, clean it up and make it still worth something ?

30. What are the benefits of youth and adults working together? They learn new things about each other. skillsknowledge Each group contributes its own skills and knowledge base.

32. What are the benefits of youth and adults working together? ideas More ideas lead to better results. creates It creates a dialog between children and adults about safe and unsafe places in the community.

33. Involvement = Ownership Do we make our youth feel a part of the community? Are we teaching them ownership and responsibility? What does this mean to you?

34. How To Involve Children and Youth in C CC CPTED Share Share the following ideas for involving young people in CPTED- based safety efforts in your community: Create Create a drawing exercise to teach about CPTED. Conduct Conduct a walk-around safety search.

35. How To Involve Children and Youth in CPTED - continued forces Join forces with Neighborhood Watch groups. check-in desk Create a check-in desk at a community center. Petition Petition for better lighting in a park or playground.

36. How To Involve Children and Youth in CPTED - continued Organize or coordinate youth organizations or groups to help our elderly with home maintenance. Get them involved in cleaning up their own neighborhoods and communities.

37. QUESTION WHAT CAN YOU DO IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO INVOLVE YOUR YOUTH?

38. McGruff’s CPTED Library Designing Safe Spaces: Involving Children and Youth in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design How To Help McGruff®! Service Projects for Children To Make Communities Safer Designing Safer Communities: A Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Handbook

39. DEFINE & PROCESS CPTEDDefine and explain CPTED and its 3- objectives and 4-key principals concerning youth. CPTEDExplain how CPTED strategies can be used by youth to design out crime. Explain the benefits of adults and youth working together. CPTEDExplain how ownership equals involvement and how to involve youth in CPTED concepts to enhance community quality of life.

40. Resources Youth Crime Watch of America – www.ycwa.orgwww.ycwa.org National Criminal Justice Reference Service – www.ncjrs.gov www.ncjrs.gov Bureau of Justice Assistance – www.usdoj.gov/BJA www.usdoj.gov/BJA

41. National Crime Prevention Council 1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW Thirteenth Floor Washington, DC 20036 202-466-6272 www.ncpc.org

42. Contact Information INSTITUTE for CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES 350 N. Guadalupe, Suite 140, PMB 164 San Marcos, Texas 78666. 512-245-6232 www.criminaljusticestudies.com ©TCLEOSE Course #2102 Crime Prevention Part II Curriculum is the intellectual property of ICJS (2009)

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