Basic CPTED

The NICP's Basic Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Course teaches students the proper design and effective use of the built and social environment to achieve a more productive use of space and a reduction of crime. The topics include plan reviews, report writing, presentation skills, lighting, planning & zoning, and behavioral management. This course incorporates graded hands-on activities, a graded CPTED field assessment and presentation, and an exam. Once the course is successfully completed the participant is knowledgeable in the theories and practical applications of CPTED, can conduct CPTED assessments of existing sites, review site plans and make recommendations, create overlay districts to incorporate CPTED principles into existing zoning codes, and develop a community or organization's CPTED team.

Course Curriculum

• Introduction to CPTED

• CPTED Definitions and Strategies

• CPTED and the Design Process

• Barriers: Real vs. Symbolic—Landscaping, Fencing, and Interior Walls

• Lighting for Safety and Security

• Planning, Zoning, and CPTED

• Community Enrichment-Using Design Strategies (practical exercise 1)

• Writing a CPTED Ordinance / Overlay Districts

• Traffic Calming & CPTED

• Understanding Site Plans

• Site Plan Review

• Group Site Plan Review (practical exercise 2)

• Group Site Plan Presentations

• CPTED Report Writing

• CPTED Field Assessments (field exercise #1)

• In Class Preparation of Presentations

• CPTED Exam

• Class Presentations