Comments on: Urban Design and Crime http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/133/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:10:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Crime, Beer, and Urban Design at Rethink College Park http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/133/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Crime, Beer, and Urban Design at Rethink College Park Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:05:07 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/133/#comment-144 [...] Student Government leaders lead university and government officials around campus last night during their annual safety walk. They considered lighting, camera coverage, and overgrown shrubbery that could aid criminals (all topics that we explored briefly a couple weeks ago). Officials repeatedly swayed the conversation on crime to one of its root causes - drinking.  A brief jaunt through CP’s crime alerts will confirm their arguments in case you have any reservations about them. [...] [...] Student Government leaders lead university and government officials around campus last night during their annual safety walk. They considered lighting, camera coverage, and overgrown shrubbery that could aid criminals (all topics that we explored briefly a couple weeks ago). Officials repeatedly swayed the conversation on crime to one of its root causes – drinking.  A brief jaunt through CP’s crime alerts will confirm their arguments in case you have any reservations about them. [...]

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]]> By: Kyle Derby http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/133/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Kyle Derby Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:02:41 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/133/#comment-99 I fully think that a better designed area would reduce both the perception and the actuality of crime in and around campus. Even walking back from the library at 10pm can feel a little unsafe. More lighting, and above all an increased police presence would be a definitive improvement. While I have noticed steps in the right direction (last week I couldn't count the number of police cruisers I saw between Old L-town and the top of Knox). However, I do notice that the areas usually featured in the emails are places like parking lots, or paths between buildings, I don't really know how these areas could be improved to reduce crime, if anyone has any ideas, I would really like to see them. I fully think that a better designed area would reduce both the perception and the actuality of crime in and around campus. Even walking back from the library at 10pm can feel a little unsafe. More lighting, and above all an increased police presence would be a definitive improvement. While I have noticed steps in the right direction (last week I couldn’t count the number of police cruisers I saw between Old L-town and the top of Knox). However, I do notice that the areas usually featured in the emails are places like parking lots, or paths between buildings, I don’t really know how these areas could be improved to reduce crime, if anyone has any ideas, I would really like to see them.

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]]> By: Justin http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/133/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Justin Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:17:20 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/133/#comment-96 As this is perhaps the most salient issue facing College Park today, it is imperative that urban design play a key role in reducing the perception and reality of criminal activity. See another crime reduction/design op-ed that I wrote for the Diamondback last week: http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/09/25/4517648740071?in_archive=1 As this is perhaps the most salient issue facing College Park today, it is imperative that urban design play a key role in reducing the perception and reality of criminal activity.

See another crime reduction/design op-ed that I wrote for the Diamondback last week:

http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/09/25/4517648740071?in_archive=1

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