Systematic review of published articles on "Crime Prevention through ‎Environmental Design" in Urban Spaces of Iran (1999 - 2020)‎

Author

• Alireza Mohammadi

Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

10.30495/jzpm.2022.5385

Abstract

The aim of this study was to systematically review the Persian papers published in the Persian ‎scientific-research journals on the topic of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design ‎‎(CPTED). In this cross-sectional and documentary study, articles published over the last 20 ‎years (1999-2020) have been screened using the standard checklist of The Joanna Briggs ‎Institute (JBI). Finally, using 8 JBI criteria, 38 articles were selected and included in the final ‎analysis. The findings show that more than %80 of CPTED articles have been published since ‎‎2011. Islamic Azad University units with the publication of 8 articles (%21.05) and Urban ‎Management and Law Enforcement Affairs Journals with the publication of 3 articles (%7.87) ‎had the highest share in the article’s publication on "CPTED". Of the all published articles, ‎‎45/73 were prepared by documentary method. In %44.73 of the articles, the city was selected as ‎the study area. Geography and urban planning had the highest share in article production with ‎‎13 articles (%34.21), architecture with 11 articles (%28.95) and urban planning with 7 articles ‎‎(%18.42). The findings indicate that the first set of (documentary) studies have introduced and ‎described "CPTED". Second-hand articles (surveys) have attempted to use "CPTED" to measure ‎the security of urban spaces, and a third has attempted to prescribe it as a standard urban ‎planning guide. The results of this study show that most articles have repeatedly introduced ‎CPTED, its principles and theories surrounding it, and indigenous and independent theorizing ‎has not been conducted. Future studies can focus on expanding indigenous theories of urban ‎planning to apply this theme in the field of urban planning in Iran. ‎‏ ‏

Keywords

• Scientific-research articles
• Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
• Iranian cities
• ‎systematic review.‎

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