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Zoning Out Crime and Improving Community Health in Sarasota, Florida: "Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design"

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  • Carter, S.P.
  • Carter, S.L.
  • Dannenberg, A.L.

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Sarasota, Fla, used Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles to guide revitalization efforts in its crime-ridden North Trail area. A team of city planners, police officers, and architects examined land use and crime data and sought input from local businesses, residents, and community leaders. Beginning in 1990, interventions included increased police patrols to reduce prostitution and the creation of a new zoning district to encourage area redevelopment based on CPTED principles. Compared with the rest of Sarasota, from 1990 to 1998 the North Trail Corridor experienced decreases in calls for police service (P

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  • Carter, S.P. & Carter, S.L. & Dannenberg, A.L., 2003. "Zoning Out Crime and Improving Community Health in Sarasota, Florida: "Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design"," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 93(9), pages 1442-1445.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2003:93:9:1442-1445_6
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    1. Twinam, Tate, 2017. "Danger zone: Land use and the geography of neighborhood crime," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 104-119.

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