AC 3.2

Question 1

Indefensible spaces

Answer 1

Areas less likely to be protected = crime is more likely to occur

Question 2

Defensible spaces

Answer 2

Areas more likely to be protected = less crime is likely to occur

Question 3

4 examples of defensible spaces

Answer 3

• Territoriality
• Safe environment
• Safe image
• Natural surveillance

Question 4

Territoriality meaning

Answer 4

Ownership amongst residents of a certain area e.g cul-de-sacs encourages a sense of community through a private space

Question 5

Natural surveillance meaning

Answer 5

Residents able to observe their area/strangers easier by the way the area is built e.g street-level windows

Question 6

A safe image definition

Answer 6

Achieved through building designs e.g terraced houses = keeping community close together and safe
- Criticism = negative image can make the area stigmatised/targetted towards offenders

Question 7

A safe location definition

Answer 7

Areas in a crime-free zone are prevented from being targetted as it is more secure e.g Buckingham Palace

Question 8

An example of how prisons are designed to achieve social control

Answer 8

panoptican shape

Question 9

How do panoptican shaped prisons achieve social control

Answer 9

prison guards are able to observe all offenders in their cells due to the design being circular whilst prison guards are in the middle which allows natural surveillance

Question 10

An example of how how prison designs are structured to achieve social control

Answer 10

supermax jails - offenders separated into sections of the prison depending on their crimes