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Designing Out Crime : Internal & External Aspects of Safety
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COSS, BENJAMIN EDWARD
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212089873
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2008, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture.
Abstract
The construction of many new public housing facilities makes its inhabitants feel vulnerable and offers very little physical or emotional security. This, in part, is due to the failure of the designer to take into account how people perceive spaces, resulting in buildings that are either monotonous and under stimulating, or ones that produce feelings of anger and fear which facilitate violent crime. Externally, the central notion of safety will be explored via Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, making crimes so risky that they are averted. Internally, the solution to the problem involves using behavioral manipulators to purposefully influence behavior conducive to the notion of safety by creating meaningful spaces through the prescription of acceptable activity. The resulting building will serve as a model for multi-family housing by providing life-affirming conditions in which its occupants can live and thrive.
Committee
Jay Chatterjee (Committee Chair)
Michael McInturf (Committee Chair)
Pages
103 p.
Subject Headings
Architecture
Keywords
Crime Prevention
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Architecture
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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
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COSS, B. E. (2008).
Designing Out Crime : Internal & External Aspects of Safety
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212089873
APA Style (7th edition)
COSS, BENJAMIN.
Designing Out Crime : Internal & External Aspects of Safety.
2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212089873.
MLA Style (8th edition)
COSS, BENJAMIN. "Designing Out Crime : Internal & External Aspects of Safety." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212089873
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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