NOTES: Revisiting the Relationship
Between Crime and Architectural Design: An Analysis of Data from HUD’s 1994 Survey of Public Housing Residents
Harold R. Holzman, U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Tarl Roger Kudrick, U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Kenneth P. Voytek, National Alliance of Business
Abstract
The authors look at type of building design and size of development with respect to major crime problems identified by public housing residents. Size of development appears to be more closely associated with the presence of major crime problems than does type of building. Overall, high-rise buildings fare better than one would expect, given the conventional wisdom that such dwellings are more hospitable to
criminal activity than are other types of housing.
NOTES: Revisiting the Relationship
Between Crime and Architectural Design: An Analysis of Data from HUD’s 1994 Survey of Public Housing Residents (*.pdf, 108 KB)
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