Which statement best reflects CPTED's overall approach?

Which statement best reflects CPTED's overall approach?

• A. It relies solely on increasing guards.
• B. It integrates natural features, built environment, and human behavior.
• C. It focuses mainly on post-incident recovery.
• D. It ignores environmental design.

Answer: (B)

CPTED focuses on shaping the environment to influence how people behave and to reduce opportunities for crime. It combines design decisions about the built environment with natural features like visibility and access, plus how occupants and users interact with and supervise the space. By coordinating landscaping, lighting, sightlines, layout, and behaviors, it creates safer spaces without relying solely on guards or post-incident responses. The other options miss this integrated, proactive approach to design and human behavior that CPTED emphasizes.

CPTED focuses on shaping the environment to influence how people behave and to reduce opportunities for crime. It combines design decisions about the built environment with natural features like visibility and access, plus how occupants and users interact with and supervise the space. By coordinating landscaping, lighting, sightlines, layout, and behaviors, it creates safer spaces without relying solely on guards or post-incident responses. The other options miss this integrated, proactive approach to design and human behavior that CPTED emphasizes.