Design Against Crime - A Human-Centred Approach to Designing for Safety and Security

Design Against Crime will aid the design profession to meet the challenges presented by the competing needs and complex systems around crime and security. It proposes that designers should use their creative talents to develop innovative solutions to security problems that contribute to the ongoing fight against crime.

List of contents

Part 1: Introducing Design Against Crime Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. User as Victim: The dark side of design Chapter 3. What is Design Against Crime? Part 2: Addressing crime prevention within the design process Chapter 4. Safety and security: The human perspective Chapter 5. Integrating crime prevention within design development Chapter 6. Concept generation & design: an offender-focused perspective Part 3: Using design to address crime and security issues Chapter 7. Crime prevention policy Chapter 8. Crime prevention in European urban design and planning Chapter 9. The scope of Design Against Crime delivery Part 4: Applications and futures Chapter 10. Crime victimisation: A global perspective Chapter 11. The future

About the author

Dr Caroline L. Davey and Andrew B. Wootton are founders and Co-Directors of the Design Against Crime Solution Centre at the University of Salford, UK.

Caroline is a qualified Organisational Psychologist and Reader in Design, Innovation & Society in the School of Arts and Media.

Andrew is an Industrial Designer and is Senior Research Fellow in Human-Centred Design in the School of Arts and Media.

Summary

Design Against Crime will aid the design profession to meet the challenges presented by the competing needs and complex systems around crime and security. It proposes that designers should use their creative talents to develop innovative solutions to security problems that contribute to the ongoing fight against crime.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline L Davey, Caroline L. Davey, Caroline L. Wootton Davey, Davey Caroline L., Andrew B Wootton, Andrew B. Wootton, Wootton Andrew B.
• Assisted by: Rachel Cooper (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367669904
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66990-4
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Design for Social Responsibility
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, Knowledge Management, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Social issues & processes, Industrial / commercial art & design, Social and ethical issues, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, City and town planning: architectural aspects