Routine activities theory emphasizes a motivated offender, a suitable target, and:

Hello Everyone,

What insight can you offer concerning the “routine activity theory,” as well as its correlation to both physical security and the roles and responsibilities of the security manager?

Before we can talk about any insights about routine activity theory, we will first need to define it. Routine activity theory emphasizes that crime will occur when three different elements occur. These three elements are a suitable target, a motivated offender, and the absence of security measures or the lack of authority figures. With this being said, we can easily say that anyone commit a crime if the opportunity is present to them. If we want to curb the amount of crime that could take place within an area, we can use techniques we have already learned to try and prevent opportunities. This is where implementing CPTED can change the overall ability for possible criminals to try and commit a crime within the area you are trying to secure.

In regards to the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED), what do you feel are some of the advantages and disadvantages of this principle related to physical security?

CPTED can be a very useful tool for any security manager to use and if properly used, it can prevent a great deal of crimes. Some of the advantages for CPTED are improved surveillance, improved access control, improved territoriality, and improved activity support. Many of the cons for CPTED come from things like costs to install, overall life of the installed improvements, and costs to maintain the improvements.

Nathan

references:

Aurora Crime Free Multi-Housing Program. (2020). CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN CHAPTER 3. Retrieved November 25, 2020, from https://www.aurora-il.org/DocumentCenter/View/451/Chapter-3---Crime-Prevention-Through-Environmental-Design-PDF

Hutter, D. (2016, June). Physical Security and Why It Is Important. Retrieved November 25, 2020, from https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/physical/physical-security-important-37120

Schaefer, L., & Mazerolle, L. (2017). Putting process into routine activity theory: Variations in the control of crime opportunities. Security Journal, 30(1), 266-289. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy1.apus.edu/10.1057/sj.2015.39

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