Violence prevention and crime through environment design in Latin America and the Caribbean: urban strategies of social cohesion and citizen integration
The article describes the Violence Prevention and Crime strategies through environmental design highlighted in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2000. First it describes what Situational Prevention and CPTED methodology from its theoretical and urban guidelines. In a second phase it describes how it has been applied integral Violence and Crime Prevention strategies in different Latin American and Caribbean countries that includes spatial outlook, emphasizing diverse agencies and actors participation in their intervention and the defined participation spaces. Finally it goes into the problems depth and the opportunity represented by the school as a social institution, a neighborhood pillar and architectonic space to sow a Prevention Culture in the long term.
Author Biographies
Macarena Rau, International CPTED Association
Architect International CPTED Association Director (ICA), Latin America and the Caribean Region (LAC).
Rau, M., & Castillo, P. (2008). Violence prevention and crime through environment design in Latin America and the Caribbean: urban strategies of social cohesion and citizen integration. Revista INVI, 23(64). https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2008.62293