Summary
"Situational crime prevention and crime prevention through environmental
design are strategies that reduce criminal opportunities through modification of
the physical environment. Although limited, evidence suggests that these
strategies are successful at reducing crime that occurs in transit environments.
The rapid transit system in Vancouver, British Columbia provides a unique
opportunity for evaluation of situational prevention strategies as both control and
experimental groups are available for examination. 2008 crime rates at stations
were used to determine if there were differences in crimes between two SkyTrain
lines. Bivariate analyses found that crime rates at stations that were not
designed with crime prevention techniques were not significantly related to crime
rates within a 100m buffer of the station suggesting that factors outside of
neighbourhood crime trends affect station crime. Multiple regression was then
employed to determine if particular design characteristics are predictive of crime.
Implications and areas for future research are also discussed."--Abstract.