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‘Fortress Britain’: high security, insecurity and the challenge of preventing harm

Posted on: 11 January 2013
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Secured by Design is a crime-prevention initiative based on the principles of “designing out crime” launched in 1989. This study, published by the New Economics Foundation think-tank, argues that the application of Secured by Design standards can “create very high security environments which can appear threatening”. According to the report, there is “scant evidence” that the spread of gating, CCTV and defensible space strategies create safe, cohesive and trusting communities.

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