Graduation Semester and Year
2007
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Department
Criminology and Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Alejandro del Carmen
Abstract
The actions taken by the United States Government to increase domestic security in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, under the guise of homeland security, clearly make use of the techniques and philosophies of crime prevention through environmental design. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine components of Homeland Security's domestic response, specifically the airport security measures implemented as a result of the attacks, and demonstrate that they are, in fact, components of the crime prevention through environmental design general theorem. However, because the Department of Homeland Security has not recognized these techniques as components of crime prevention through environmental design, they are not realizing the benefits that crime prevention through environmental design offers within the arena of homeland security, specifically, airport security.
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice | Legal Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Wenzel, Rebecca Lynn, "CPTED: Interpreting Contemporary Security Practices In The Era Of Homeland Security" (2007). Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses. 35.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/crcj_theses/35
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington