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Welcome at the European Designing Out Crime Network!

What's new

Last update: 27th July 2010

New Events:

[NL] 12 June - 28 August 2010: Exhibition "The Urban Environment - Mirror and mediator of radicalisation?" Zuiderkerk, Zuiderkerkhof 72, Amsterdam.
See: www.zuiderkerk.amsterdam.nl or Flyer (in pdf).
 
[CAN] 18-20 October 2010: 2010 ICA International Conference - 21st Century CPTED - Collaboration, Partnerships, Empowerment, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
See: Pre-announcement
 
[FIN] 20-22 October 2010: "Helsinki 2010, International Seminar on Urban Safety, Sens of Safety - a Succes Factor for a Vibrant City", Helsinki, Finland.
See: Flyer
 
[USA] 9-11 November 2010: 4th International CPTED Conference, Crown Plaza San Antonio Riverwalk - San Antonio, Texas USA. Info and Registration: See Flyer
 

New Recources:

Safety and security walks
A safety and security walk is a structured method that involves people in the local community in investigating both the physical and social environments. By The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention.

Security and the Built Environment
Interview with John Habraken by Clinton J. Andrews in IEEE Technology and Society Magazine.

Crime Opportunity Profiling of Streets (COPS)
A Quick Crime Analysis, Rapid Implementation Approach.
A EU-project with partners from the UK, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Poland and The Netherlands (AGIS) focusing on rather quick and easy to implement crime prevention instruments and solutions with nevertheless a sound basis of crime analysis. Summary report + national reports and project reports as issued by the Building Research Establishment (BRE, Watford, UK).


New Links:

Pattern Language - An Association of People from all walks of life with Architects and Builders (USA)

Timely news

Safety Effect Report for a Swimming Pool (in ICA-newsletter Jan 2010) [Read more]
Waste in public space?
[Click here] for the Swedish solution (Youtube)
The Danish "Design to Improve Live" shows Street Shelter blown up for homeless people [Read more]
Perpetuity has recently surveyed young people aged 11 to 17 in one city in the UK to better understand the trends and patterns in knife carrying. The study was commissioned so that local partners in the area can gain a better understanding of the problem so that resources can be allocated to areas of the city most in need. [Read more]

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