An Evaluation of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) Measures in a Gated Residential Area: A Pilot Survey

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Siti Rasidah Md Sakip
Aldrin Abdullah

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In gauging Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, observation is often used by researchers in evaluating CPTED elements in residential areas. However, the evaluation of the attitude, reaction, beliefs, responsibility and perception of the residents on CPTED elements are also important to be considered. Therefore, a survey on the perception of residents on CPTED elements was conducted in non-gated and gated residential areas located at Putrajaya and Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. The results found that the Territoriality and Maintenance dimension achieved a good fit index where the values for GFI, TLI and CFI exceeded 0.90 and the RMSEA value was less than 0.05.

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Md Sakip, S.R. and Abdullah, A. 2018. An Evaluation of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) Measures in a Gated Residential Area: A Pilot Survey. Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies. 3, 6 (Jan. 2018), 21–28. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i6.232.

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