Residents’ crime experience and safety perceptions in gated and non-gated low middle income communities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Abdulla, Aishath (2011) Residents’ crime experience and safety perceptions in gated and non-gated low middle income communities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management, 1 (1). pp. 71-97. ISSN 2231-9514

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Abstract

Property crimes in residential areas has become a concerning issue in Malaysia. Environmental design based crime prevention theories such as Defensible Space, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and 2nd generation CPTED recommend to construct gates and fences as target hardening measures in the residential areas to prevent crimes. However, these concepts have generated several issues, including the safe environment they offer. Thus, this paper aims at examining the safety perception of the residents in gated and guarded vis-â-vis non-gated and guarded communities. Two low middle income housing communities – a gated and guarded community (GC) and a non-gated and guarded community (NGC) were chosen for the study. Relationship between residents’ crime experiences and perception of safety were studied in both communities and it was found that crime rates are higher in the GC than in the NGC and this indicates that GCs are not safer than NGCs. Based on the findings, the study comes up with several recommendations in order to enhance safety perceptions of low-middle income apartment communities in Kuala Lumpur.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3631/5436
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Low-Middle Income Housing, Safety Perception, Crime Experience, Gated and Guarded Community (GC), Non-Gated and Guarded Community (NGC)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT51 Human settlements. Communities
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Depositing User:	Dr Mohammad Abdul Mohit
Date Deposited:	02 Nov 2011 09:56
Last Modified:	16 May 2012 10:21
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/5436

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