Crime prevention strategies attempt to prevent crimes before they occur.
There are three main strategies: situational, social and community and environmental crime prevention.
Situational crime prevention reduces opportunities for criminal activity..
Design Against Crime started as a practice-led design research “initiative” at Central Saint Martins (CSM) in 1999.
It was founded by Lorraine Gamman, a Research Fellow and coordinator of Contextual Studies for BA Product and Ceramic Design, as well as the contextual programmes for MA Industrial Design and MA Communication Design.
The Centre for Criminological Research is the focal point for criminology and criminal justice at the University of Sheffield, one of Britain's main research-led universities.
A few years ago it celebrated its 30th anniversary, being one of the four original criminological centres of excellence in the UK.
General advice on designing out crime is also available from:
