Using the Environment to Affect Behavior
Crime prevention through environmental design offers many methods to interfere with offenders stalking victims. Communities can locate women’s washrooms away from telephones, light up suspicious areas, open up blind spots, and place legitimate businesses in areas formerly used for criminal approach. The point is to give offenders a smaller window of opportunity.1
—Marcus Felson
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Human/Environment Relationships
Perhaps it was easier for ancient human beings to appreciate and respect their dependence on the environment. The environment provided sustenance and it provided challenges to survival. Humans had to adjust to ...
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