CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (CPTED) AWARENESS AMONG CONSTRUCTION STAKEHOLDERS

• Published in: Malaysian Construction Research Journal
• Main Author: Wahi N.; Ejau R.L.; Yasin M.N.; Othman N.F.A.; Shamsuddin S.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Construction Research Institute of Malaysia 2023
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85193993811&partnerID=40&md5=d656d4a9d03394e7e586c70f4da0f47a

Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is a prevalent urban planning method to avert crime and extenuate fear of crime through the enhancement of physical surroundings. Nowadays, CPTED is broadly implemented for neighbourhood’s domain that suffers from crime. Hence, the responsibility and cognisance of construction stakeholders such as developers, town planner, architects and quantity surveyors to undertake the precaution during the development of the areas are much needed. The objectives of this paper are to evaluate the level of awareness towards CPTED among the construction stakeholders and to study the benefit of implementing CPTED in construction projects. A structured questionnaire had been used for data collection. Sixty sets of questionnaires had been distributed to construction stakeholders within Sarawak, Malaysia. Data collected had been analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23 software. The outcome of the study had suggested that the construction players were not aware of the CPTED concept due to the lack of exposure from authority, lack of knowledge, and expertise in particular area. Even though the construction players have not recognized the principles of the CPTED, most of them had implemented the concept of CPTED in their previous projects. CPTED should be enforced in the construction industry to decrease the crime rate and fear of crime. Therefore, the research results are meaningful to improve the awareness level towards CPTED among construction players. © 2023, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia. All rights reserved.