A Weighted Displacement Quotient model for understanding the impact of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Evidence from Seoul, South Korea
- Authors
- Cho, Il-Hyoung; Jung, Kyujin
- Issue Date
- 2018
- Publisher
- EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
- Keywords
- Crime Prevention through Environmental Design; South Korea; Situational crime prevention; Interrupted time series; Weighted Displacement Quotient
- Citation
- POLICING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICE STRATEGIES & MANAGEMENT, v.41, no.1, pp.41 - 57
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- POLICING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICE STRATEGIES & MANAGEMENT
- Volume
- 41
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 41
- End Page
- 57
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/80861
- DOI
- 10.1108/PIJPSM-07-2016-0100
- ISSN
- 1363-951X
- Abstract
- Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), a crime prevention tool, on reducing rates of sexual assault. In addition, the study attempts to understand if CPTED results in crime displacement in non-target areas. Design/methodology/approach - This research utilizes a Weighted Displacement Quotient (WDQ) model to analyze the effects of CPTED, which is an appropriate tool in fields of regional-scale crime prevention and on sexual assault prevention. WDQ is capable of analyzing policy effectiveness while controlling for geographical crime displacement, a known side effect of CPTED in the literature. Findings - The analysis results show that CPTED is an effective tool to prevent sexual assaults in South Korea. The sexual assault occurrence rate decreased in the CPTED implementation zone of Yeomri-dong Mapo-gu. WDQ showed that crime displacement occurred in adjacent areas in Daeheung-dong and Ahyun-dong. But, crime displacement was lower than the policy effectiveness in the target zone. Originality/value - The policy implications of this research are immense. First, CPTED for the prevention of sexual assaults should be considered as a pre-control tool. Second, a strategic method for more effectively implementing CPTED is required. Third, because CPTED is a policy done on a regional scale, provisions need to be in place to manage crime displacement.
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