Newman Defensible Space: Crime Prevention

Question 1

Newman defensible space procedure

Answer 1

Compared crime rates in high rise apartments (van dyke) to lower housing projects (brownsville) across the street from one another in Brooklyn New York
Brownsville had greater surveillance opportunities
Both houses 6000 people and had similar statistics for family size, income, and race

Question 2

Newman defensible space results

Answer 2

Overall crime was 66% higher in van dyke than Brownsville
264% more robberies in van dyke
Brownsville had more defensible space and surveillance opportunities