Crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in Malaysia : case studies from Kuala Lumpur metropolis

Problem Statement: Property crimes in residential areas has become a concerning issue in Malaysia. Environmental design based crime prevention theories such as defensible space, Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) and 2nd generation CPTED have recommended to construct gates and fen...

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Main Authors:	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Abdulla, Aishath
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	HT51 Human settlements. Communities
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/27798/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27798/1/Preface_ICWSAUD2012_A4.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/27798/2/crime_experience.pdf

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spelling	iium-277982012-12-21T07:34:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27798/ Crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in Malaysia : case studies from Kuala Lumpur metropolis Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Abdulla, Aishath HT51 Human settlements. Communities Problem Statement: Property crimes in residential areas has become a concerning issue in Malaysia. Environmental design based crime prevention theories such as defensible space, Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) and 2nd generation CPTED have recommended to construct gates and fences as target hardening techniques in the residential areas to prevent crimes. However, this concept has generated several issues, including the safe environment they offer. Approach: Thus, this paper aims at examining the safety perception of the people in gated and guarded neighbourhood vis-â-vis non-gated and guarded neighbourhood. Two low middle income housing communities – a gated and guarded community (GC) and a non-gated and guarded community (NGC) were chosen for the study. Result: Relationship between residents’ crime experiences and perception of safety were studied in both communities and it was found that crime rates are higher in the GC than in the NGC and this indicates that GCs are not safer than NGCs. Conclusion: Based on the findings, the study comes up with several recommendations in order to enhance safety perceptions of low-middle income apartment communities in Kuala Lumpur. 2012-03-03 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27798/1/Preface_ICWSAUD2012_A4.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27798/2/crime_experience.pdf Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Abdulla, Aishath (2012) Crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in Malaysia : case studies from Kuala Lumpur metropolis. In: 2nd International Conference - Workshop on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design 2012, 3 - 5 march 2012, Penang, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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description	Problem Statement: Property crimes in residential areas has become a concerning issue in Malaysia. Environmental design based crime prevention theories such as defensible space, Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) and 2nd generation CPTED have recommended to construct gates and fences as target hardening techniques in the residential areas to prevent crimes. However, this concept has generated several issues, including the safe environment they offer. Approach: Thus, this paper aims at examining the safety perception of the people in gated and guarded neighbourhood vis-â-vis non-gated and guarded neighbourhood. Two low middle income housing communities – a gated and guarded community (GC) and a non-gated and guarded community (NGC) were chosen for the study. Result: Relationship between residents’ crime experiences and perception of safety were studied in both communities and it was found that crime rates are higher in the GC than in the NGC and this indicates that GCs are not safer than NGCs. Conclusion: Based on the findings, the study comes up with several recommendations in order to enhance safety perceptions of low-middle income apartment communities in Kuala Lumpur.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Abdulla, Aishath
author_facet	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Abdulla, Aishath
author_sort	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul
title	Crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in Malaysia : case studies from Kuala Lumpur metropolis
title_short	Crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in Malaysia : case studies from Kuala Lumpur metropolis
title_full	Crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in Malaysia : case studies from Kuala Lumpur metropolis
title_fullStr	Crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in Malaysia : case studies from Kuala Lumpur metropolis
title_full_unstemmed	Crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in Malaysia : case studies from Kuala Lumpur metropolis
title_sort	crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in malaysia : case studies from kuala lumpur metropolis
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/27798/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27798/1/Preface_ICWSAUD2012_A4.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/27798/2/crime_experience.pdf
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Crime experience and safety perception in gated and non-gated communities in Malaysia : case studies from Kuala Lumpur metropolis

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