With careful planning and intuitive design it may be possible to alter human behaviour in order to create a more harmonious society. Professor Rachel Armitage, a leading UK expert on the subject, discusses the origins, theories and facts behind the concept of designing out crime
In a 2014 consultation of the Housing Standards Review, which was introduced in by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in 2013, the DCLG introduced the ‘Approved Document Q – Security Standard’, which sets, for the first time, mandatory security standards within Building Regulations. The document is currently awaiting a period of comment.
"These are at a high standard," Armitage assures, "and will be managed through Local Authority Development Control."