Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Association Law and Legal Definition
The Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a multi-disciplinary approach to deter criminal behavior through environmental design. The CPTED works to reduce crime opportunity through procedural and mechanical means to provide access control, surveillance, and territoriality measures. The mission of the CPTED is to create safer environments and improve the quality of life through the use of CPTED principles and strategies. Members of the organization include, planners, architects, developers, police, security professionals, academics, and others interested in incorporating urban safety planning.
Legal Definition list
- Crime of Violence
- Crime of Passion
- Crime of Obstructing Highways and Other Public Passages
- Crime of Genocide
- Crime Laboratories
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Association
- Crime Rate
- Crime Scene
- Crime Scene Investigations
- Crime Scene Reconstruction
- Crime Stoppers
Related Legal Terms
- Action Levels (Environmental Law)
- Agency Designee [Administrative Personnel]
- Agricultural Association
- Alien Species Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1992
- American 5-cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003
- American Arbitration Association
- American Association for Justice [AAJ]
- American Association for the Advancement of Science [AAAS]
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education [AACTE]
- American Association of Law Libraries [AALL]
