Armitage states "Crime Prevention through Environmental Design is a method of reducing crime through the design and manipulation of the built environment." (Armitage, 2016, p.1) The introduction that she presents us with is representative of the layouts and crime statistics in cities in England and Wales which after reading the article have a lot of similarities with the way New York is designed. This article is representative of my borough of Queens, and other parts of Brooklyn, and the Bronx through similar characteristics documented in her research. The crime statistics cannot fully align because the population is composed of a different density and we have different ethnic groups and categories that may not correspond.
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When looking at the number 15.9 percent can seem both a relatively small chance of being a victim of crime and a relatively high chance when you translate this number into an actual population size. If 1,000 people leave their apartment or house on a particular day, 15.9% of them will be victims of crime that is 159 persons which seems relatively high that people even in neighbourhoods of which are deemed as “dangerous” do not experience crime in this rate in my borough such as Queensbridge or Corona which to my experience in both at different times of the day I have not been victimised nor has anyone I know but in popular culture of New York real estate this is a dictated belief. So the number found by Armitage for that statistic seems …show more content…
Usually in a community when gentrification occurs crime rates decrease due to an increased police presence such as police cars or patrol stations being sent out or established in the neighbourhood. The people who are perpetuating the crimes in the community are from other neighbourhoods but are also children of long established ethnic groups in the community. The gentrifiers from what I see are not perpetuating the crimes but with the die off or displacement of long term residents there are less natural proprietors on the street such as the elderly Polish woman who I speak to for hours on my block who watches my house when we go away or the old Greek man who knows everyone by face and occupation who gives out candy. When people are actively engaged in the community or are sociable crimes do not persist. One of my neighbours Mary went on state news when cats went missing in the community because she is someone who is very aware of her surroundings. Gentrifiers who identify more with the New York City that they see in media such as go in your apartment, do not greet your neighbours, and get on the elevated train because that 's why you moved here to for convenience do not cause crime but the lack of sociability and care for the space allows others to commit crimes because no one is watching or really reporting. Everyone is transient and in one day and out the next. Jacobs is describing you do
The general concepts …show more content…
When looking at the number 15.9 percent can seem both a relatively small chance of being a victim of crime and a relatively high chance when you translate this number into an actual population size. If 1,000 people leave their apartment or house on a particular day, 15.9% of them will be victims of crime that is 159 persons which seems relatively high that people even in neighbourhoods of which are deemed as “dangerous” do not experience crime in this rate in my borough such as Queensbridge or Corona which to my experience in both at different times of the day I have not been victimised nor has anyone I know but in popular culture of New York real estate this is a dictated belief. So the number found by Armitage for that statistic seems …show more content…
Usually in a community when gentrification occurs crime rates decrease due to an increased police presence such as police cars or patrol stations being sent out or established in the neighbourhood. The people who are perpetuating the crimes in the community are from other neighbourhoods but are also children of long established ethnic groups in the community. The gentrifiers from what I see are not perpetuating the crimes but with the die off or displacement of long term residents there are less natural proprietors on the street such as the elderly Polish woman who I speak to for hours on my block who watches my house when we go away or the old Greek man who knows everyone by face and occupation who gives out candy. When people are actively engaged in the community or are sociable crimes do not persist. One of my neighbours Mary went on state news when cats went missing in the community because she is someone who is very aware of her surroundings. Gentrifiers who identify more with the New York City that they see in media such as go in your apartment, do not greet your neighbours, and get on the elevated train because that 's why you moved here to for convenience do not cause crime but the lack of sociability and care for the space allows others to commit crimes because no one is watching or really reporting. Everyone is transient and in one day and out the next. Jacobs is describing you do