WHAT IS IT ?
ICA is an organization established to create safer environments and improve the quality of life through the use of CPTED principles and strategies. The ICA website is designed for professionals in law enforcement, academia, planners, architects, security, and CPTED practitioners. The ICA offers certifications in CPTED basic and advanced, and has established two standing sub-committees, one for the Advancement of CPTED Theory and Practice and the other for Training and Education in CPTED.
HOW DO YOU USE IT ?
Administrators should use the website to guide them toward answering key questions related to CPTED implementation (refer to Learning Object entitled: CPTED defined, concepts, and "key questions.") Examples include: What risks and opportunities do students encounter between home and school? What risks and opportunities are posed directly adjoining school property? Can office staff observe approaching visitors before they reach school entry?
WHEN DO YOU USE IT?
Administrators should use this website a starting point for gaining information about CPTED professional and certifying associations. This information is useful during the planning stage of school construction or afterward as issues present themselves, i.e., access control, vandalism, unauthorized persons entering the school.
WHY DO YOU USE IT?
They should use this to enhance the security of a school and ultimately support a "climate" of learning rather than fear associated with personal safety or property damage.
WHO DO YOU INVOLVE?
A team of educators, police, security professionals, community and business leaders and others, i.e., students can use this to create a committee to evaluate and implement CPTED principles in the school building.
COLLABORATION
State, county, and municipal planners considering the building of a school. The planners should include a law enforcement executive as part of the process to build CPTED techniques on the "front-end."
ACTIVITY
- Identify 5 areas of need where you could contribute your skills to your child's school.
- Talk with a teacher/administrator/staff member at your child's school about how you might be helpful.
CREDIBILITY
This project was supported by Award No. 1999-JN-FX-K001 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, and the U.S. Department of Education.