What is it about?
This paper documents changes made over the last decade to prevent and mitigate crime and fear of crime in response to a past sharp rise in crime rates. We identify and briefly discuss a number of crime prevention policy and practice approaches from local to national policy levels, and from the individual building scales to community-wide scales.
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Why is it important?
We focus particularly on Bouhan Machi-Zukuri, which is roughly translated as ‘community-based planning for community safety’, as realized through neighbourhood safety mapping. This is a unique public/private action planning approach.
Perspectives
Neighbourhood safety mapping promises to help knit together social fabrics and encourage community action and, potentially, could be emulated by other communities around the world.
Dr. Kimihiro Hino
Tokyo Daigaku
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This page is a summary of: Planning for Crime Prevention in Japan, Built Environment, March 2013, Alexandrine Press,
DOI: 10.2148/benv.39.1.114.
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