Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design or what is more commonly referred to as CPTED is a tool for identifying, preventing, and deterring criminal activity and anti-social behavior. CPTED is a process, a way of thinking about human behavior and implementing strategies to bring positive activity to a site. Those strategies include Natural Surveillance, Territorial Reinforcement, Natural Access Control, and Maintenance.
Art Hushen is a thirty-year law enforcement officer having retired from the Tampa Police Department's Special Operations Division. While assigned to the Special Operations Bureau / CPTED Section, he was instrumental in the creation of the...