I think it's correct about the high walls being an invitation to invisible breaking-in. Best perhaps for Obs might be HIGH but completely see-through - e.g. railings.
Window panes with plastic laminate between two sheets are also a good idea; they're expenisive to put in but they're hard to break, and almost impossible to break quickly. Biddy. On Dec 23, 6:24 pm, GP <[email protected]> wrote: > I was reading the Wikipedia page on CPTED: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_prevention_through_environmental_d... > > There are a lot of useful guidelines, but in particular "Use the > shortest, least sight-limiting fence appropriate for the situation." > is something where Obs headed the opposite way. > > Obs has debated it much in the past, but from the CPTED page, using > high concrete walls increases crime in the street as a whole because > criminals feel like they can break into houses in a high-walled area > with less risk of detection and apprehension. > > Graham --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
