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The International CPTED Association (ICA) is a professional association
whose members are the leading authorities on crime prevention through
environmental design. ICA's mission is to identify, promote and develop
good practice in the design of safer environments.
The Association was founded on a belief that many disciplines have
contributed to our understanding of the environment and the physical,
social, legal, economic, and technological characteristics that create
safe and productive spaces and places. These are places that:
- are creatively designed and aesthetically intriguing
- afford opportunities for positive engagement and interaction among a variety of people
- promote the health and well-being of users
- are supported by adequate and appropriate technology and infrastructure, and
- are organized under clearly defined, consistently applied, and routinely enforced laws, rules, regulations and policies.
The theme of this conference, INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME,
ENVIRONMENT AND PREVENTION, is designed to encourage papers and
presentations from a wide range of practitioners and researchers. While
the organization's focus is crime prevention, the conference recognizes
there is much to be learned from programs and projects that are not
specifically focused on crime or prevention. ICA would like its members
to develop new ways of looking at and thinking about the environment; to
consider new methodologies and approaches to problem solving; to borrow
tools and techniques from planning and design, public health, biology
and psychology, law and justice, information and electronic technology,
and others.
We welcome proposals for academic papers or professional project
presentations, roundtable discussions, or posters. Proposals may be
submitted for individual presentations, or to organize one break-out
session with multiple speakers. Student papers and projects are
welcomed. Presenters are expected to register for the conference.
The conference committee will review proposals and make selections for
the conference program. Proposals must be received on or before
November 30, 2007, in order to be given full consideration. In addition,
the conference committee will recommend 8-10 proposals to the ICA Board
for further development of a monograph/conference proceedings, to be
published in 2008.
Proposals and inquiries should be directed to:
Diane L. Zahm, Ph.D., AICP
International Chair, ICA Board of Directors
Associate Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning
Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies
dzahm@vt.edu
540-231-7503
For more information on ICA and the 11th International CPTED conference, please visit our website at http://www.cpted.net
Additional information on Virginia Tech and the College of Architecture and Urban Studies is available at www.vt.edu
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