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PRESS


2020
  • Livewire Calgary (Calgary, August 2020): East Calgary Community Safety Audits ID Problem Crime Areas, Possible Fixes
2018
  • Mott Haven Herald (New York City, November 2018): Patterson Houses Anti-Crime Initiative Puts Faith in Green Spaces
  • Battlefords NOW (Battleford, October 2018): Community Safety Survey Being Launched in N.B.
  • The Battlefords News-Optimist (Battleford, September 2018): Sutton Report Focuses on Upcoming Survey, Block Parties, Coalition Building
  • WTOL11 (Toledo, June 2018): SafeGrowth Program Working Toward Safer Neighborhoods
  • The Battlefords News-Optimist (Battleford, May 2018): Trees Don't Commit Crimes, People Do​
2017
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation (San Antonio, Texas, 2017): CBCR Site Feature: San Antonio
  • The Battlefords News-Optimist (Battleford, June 2017): CPTED on...Block Parties
2016
  • The Battlefords News-Optimist (Battleford, March 2016): Training Sessions Identify Specific Projects to Enhance Safety
  • ​Daily Herald Tribune (Grande Prairie, March 2016): SafeGrowth Grant Deadline Looms
  • Stuff NZ (Christchurch, March 2016): Community Art Makes Riccarton Intersection Beautiful
  • Stuff NZ (Christchurch, January 2016): Painting Project to Turn Riccarton Intersection From Bland to Beautiful
2015
  • Newsworks (December 2015): Public Safety, Trust Depend on Work of Police and Community Both
  • NJ.com (November 2015): Once Troubled Housing Complex Reflects a Reshaping Borough
  • ​​Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (Milwaukee, November 2015): Community Involvement, More Dialogue with Police Key to Public Safety
  • Newsworks (Philadelphia, November 2015): Police, Businesses, Urban Planners and Residents Can Build Safer Communities Together
  • University City Review (Philadelphia, October 2015): Safe Growth Report on 52nd Street
  • Western News (Christchurch, August 2015) :  Solar Charge Table for Reserve
  • Times LIVE (Auckland, July 2015): Developing Urban Spaces into Crime Free Areas
  • CBS Philly (Philadelphia, July 2015):  Communities, Police Launch Business Corridor Safety Initiative
  • University City Review (Philadelphia, July 2015):  The Philadelphia Safe Commercial Corridors Program Opens to Well-Attended and Receptive Partners
  • Western News (Christchurch, May 2015):  Residents Satisfied in Riccarton West
  • The Star Paper (Christchurch, April 2015):  Community Input Requested 
  • Scoop Regional (Auckland, February 2015):  SafeGrowth for Kids​​
2014
  • Together North Jersey (Newark, July 2014):  SafeGrowth Workshop Participants Keep Eyes on the Streets  ​​​​​
  • Together North Jersey (Newark, April 2014):  SafeGrowth Training in Newark-Exploring Context-Sensitive Solutions in Crime Prevention
2013
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, August 2013):  SafeGrowth Initiative Targets Tavern Design to Lift Neighborhood Safety
  • Housing Horizon (Saint Paul, July 2013):  From Smart Growth to SafeGrowth: Incorporating Next Generation Crime Prevention into the Saint Paul Central Corridor
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (May 29, 2013): It Takes a Village: Communities Tackle Crime
2012
  • The Town Talk (Alexandria, December 2012):  Crime Drop in Alexandria Coincides with Neighborhood Safety Initiative
2008 - 2010
  • ​​Daily Herald Tribune (Grande Prairie, November 2008): Taking a Creative Approach to Crime Prevention
  • AARP Bulletin (New Orleans, August 2010):  A Comeback Story in New Orleans
  • LISC, CSI (New Orleans, 2010):  Hollygrove Livable Communities Project

PUBLICATIONS


NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING
​​SafeGrowth: Building neighborhoods of safety & livability (2018) edited by Gregory Saville

​Synopsis:
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Our SafeGrowth book provides a comprehensive overview of philosophical, theoretical and practical concepts for building cohesive neighborhoods of safety and livability for 21st Century. 

In Part 1 the book begins by introducing a new way of thinking about neighborhoods and crime problem solving
. Part 2 summarizes key themes that emerged during a Canmore SafeGrowth summit. Part 3 features SafeGrowth and related ideas from three North American cities. Finally, Part 4 deconstructs four tenets that build SafeGrowth theory and practice, and concludes with a vision for the future.

You can read the introductory chapters on the left and order the book here. ​​​​


​​SafeGrowth: Moving forward in neighbourhood development (2009) by Gregory Saville

​Synopsis:
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Traditional crime prevention planning methods are implemented to or for neighborhoods resulting in unsustainable and costly interventions. This article introduces the success of SafeGrowth® to academic audience on a case of a troubled Toronto neighborhood. 

INTELLIGENT POLICING

​​You in blue: A guide for the new cop (2015) by Gregory Saville and Gerard Cleveland

Synopsis: 

​Intelligent policing in the 21st Century policing is at the forefront of safe communities. 

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This book serves as a guide for recruits, their trainers, leaders, or anyone in public safety who wants to work intelligently. 

You can read the introductory chapter on the right and order the book here. ​​​

VIDEO​


"Urban Safety through Community Engagement" presented at 2019 H22 Smarter Cities Summit 
by Ifeoma Ebo & Greg Saville, Helsingborg, Sweden,
​November 2019.

"City planning with SafeGrowth" presented at a SafeCity Conference: The Role of Conscious Architectural and Environmental Design in Crime Prevention by Greg Saville,
Budapest, Hungary,
March 7 & 8, 2019.

"Talking points: From Warriors to Problem-Solvers" challenges the ways of modern policing. Presented at The Police Society for Problem Based Learning Conference (PSPBL), 
Lowell, MA, June 2016.

​A few years ago SafeGrowth®  training teams and LISC worked on a crime ridden park in North Philadelphia. The turnaround on Rainbow de Colores Park was remarkable as was the work by the amazing team on site who are featured in the video.

The Riccarton West Intersection Project that evolved out of our SafeGrowth® training in Christchurch, New Zealand,​
​March 2016.

Work related to Milwaukee SafeGrowth training.

​Excerpt from a SafeGrowth® workshop held in Christchurch,
New Zealand, November 2014.
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2014 SafeGrowth® class project - Saskatoon, Canada.

A series of videos from Hollygrove neighborhood in New Orleans following 2009/2010 SafeGrowth® training and Livability Academy,
New Orleans, LA

A three-part presentation from a CPTED conference in Mexico City held at Universidad Iberoamericana.​

A new type of CPTED: SafeGrowth in Saskatoon

SAFEGROWTH® PRESENTATIONS


ALBERTA CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, CALGARY, 2017
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PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING CONFERENCE, TEMPE, 2016
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SAFEGROWTH® TRAINING WORKSHOP, MILWAUKEE, 2015
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SAFEGROWTH TRAINING WORKSHOP, ​NEW JERSEY, 2015
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SAFEGROWTH® DOCUMENTS


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SAFEGROWTH HISTORY

Read about the history of SafeGrowth and its basic objectives.
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A PRIMER IN SAFEGROWTH

Read here about the basic principles underlying SafeGrowth philosophy. 

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2ND GENERATION CPTED

This is the first document introducing 2nd Generation CPTED in 1997.
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A NEW TYPE OF CPTED: SAFEGROWTH

One of the first published documents providing a basic overview of SafeGrowth.

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SAFEGROWTH: CREATING SAFETY & SUSTAINABILITY [LISC PUBLICATION]

A publication by LISC provides an exhaustive overview of SafeGrowth and its approach for community development and crime prevention.

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SAFEGROWTH: A NEW WAY FORWARD [INAUGURAL PRESENTATION]

Other SafeGrowth® related documents:
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SAFETY. CITY. COMMUNITY. SELECTED PROCEEDINGS OF THE SAFECITY CONFERENCE SERIES

This publication contains conference proceedings from the 2019 SafeCity conference in Budapest, Hungary. The SafeGrowth article by Greg Saville starts on page 59 of the document.
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STATE OF EVIDENCE: THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH 2011-2015

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​An independent meta-analysis for the Government of Alberta, published in 2011, compared 49 programs from around the world. The programs included a wide array of strategies for community wellness, safety from crime, and livability. Out of 49 studies, evaluators considered SafeGrowth one of only 6 “very promising” strategies for the future. See especially pages 29, 31, and 57.
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VERTICAL POVERTY RESEARCH REPORT

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​The Toronto San Romanoway apartment project was the first 1st / 2nd Generation CPTED and capacity building project launched by members of the SafeGrowth Team. This vertical poverty research report describes the 2000 - 2006 San Romanoway project on pages 182 - 185.
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COMMUNITY RENAISSANCE WITH COMMUNITY JUSTICE
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PLACES, SPACES, PEOPLE AND WELLBEING: FULL REVIEW

A systematic review of interventions to boost social relationships through improvements in community infrastructure (Places and Spaces)
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THE GOOD LANDS: 2025 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN (HACE)
This neighborhood safety plan prepared for HACE (Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises) includes multiple recommendations based in SafeGrowth. Appendix A-2 includes the Crime & Safety Report that served as a basis for these recommendations.
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SAFEGROWTH AND CPTED IN SASKATOON
The City of Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Canada, has developed the most comprehensive SafeGrowth & CPTED Guidelines for the city with a number of autonomous Local Area Plans connected under the City-wide governance.

RECOMMENDED READINGS

  • URBAN STUDIES
  • ACADEMIC CRIMINOLOGY
  • CRIME PREVENTION
  • PROXEMICS & BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS
  • CULTURAL & SOCIAL STORIES
  • STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE AGENTS
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  • Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) - Jane Jacobs
  • The Urban Villagers: Group and Class in the life of Italian-Americans (1962) - Herbert J. Gans
  • Crestwood Heights: A Study of the Culture of Suburban Life (1967) - J. R. Seeley, R. A. Sim and E. W. Loosely
  • A Walden Two Experiment: The First Five Years of Twin Oaks Community (1972) - Kathleen Kindade
  • Good City Form (1981) - Kevin Lynch
  • CoHousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves (1988) - Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett
  • Sustainable Communities: A New Design Synthesis for Cities, Suburbs and Towns (1991) - Sim Van der Ryn and Peter Calthorpe
  • Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream (2000) - Andres Duany, Elisabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck
  • Who’s Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life (2009) - Richard Florida
  • Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival (2000) - Paul S. Grogan and Tony Proscio
  • The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart (2008) - Bill Bishop
  • What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs (2010) - Stephen A. Goldsmith and Lynn Elisabeth 
  • Great American Cities: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect (2011) - Robert J. Sampson
  • Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design (2013) - Charles Montgomery
  • Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia (2014) - Anthony M. Townsend
  • Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs (2016) - Samuel Zipp and Nathan Storring
  • SafeGrowth: Building Neighborhoods of Safety and Livability (2018) - Gregory Saville and SafeGrowth team
  • Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang (1955) - Albert K. Cohen
  • Delinquency and Opportunity: A Theory of Delinquent Gangs (1960) - Richard A. Cloward and Lloyd E. Ohlin
  • Ideology and Crime: A Study of Crime in its Social and Historical Context (1965) - Leon Radzinowicz
  • Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (1971) - C. Ray Jeffery
  • ​Crime, A Spatial Perspective (1980) - Daniel E. Georges-Abeyie and Keith D. Harries 
  • Environmental Criminology (1981) - Paul J. Brantingham and Patricia L. Brantingham
  • Human Ecology (1981) - Amos H. Hawley
  • The Reasoning Criminal: Rational Choice Perspectives on Offending (1986) - Derek B. Cornish and Ronald V. Clarke
  • Beyond 911: A New Era for Policing (1990) - Malcolm K. Sparrow, Mark H. Moore, and David M. Kennedy
  • Disorder and Decline: Crime and the Spiral of Decay in American Neighborhoods (1990) - Wesley G. Skogan
  • Problem-Oriented Policing (1990) - Herman Goldstein
  • The Better Angels of our Nature; Why Violence Has Declined (2011) - Steven Pinker
  • Place Matters: Criminology for the 21st Century (2016) - David Weisburd, John E. Eck, and Anthony A. Braga
  • Defensible Space: Crime Prevention Through Urban Design (1972) - Oscar Newman
  • Community of Interest (1980) - Oscar Newman
  • Breaking and Entering: An Ethnographic Analysis of Burglary (1991) - Paul F. Cromwell, James N. Olson and D. Aunn Wester Avary
  • Situational Crime Prevention: Successful Case Studies (1992) - Ronald V. Clark
  • Preventing Violence (2001) - James Gilligan
  • Less Law, More Order: The Truth About Reducing Crime (2008) - Irvin Waller
  • Don’t Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America (2011) - David M. Kennedy
  • The Territorial Imperative (1966) - Robert Ardrey
  • Personal Space: The Behavioral Basis of Design (1969) - Robert Sommer
  • ​The Hidden Dimension (1969) - Edward T. Hall
  • City: Rediscovering the Center (1988) - William H. Whyte
  • The City After the Automobile (1997) - Moshe Safdie with Wendy Kohn
  • Neigbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way (2004) - Jim Diers
  • Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time (2012) - Jeff Speck
  • Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered (1974) - E. F. Schumacher
  • Oath of Fealty (1981) - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
  • The Chalice and the Blade (1987) - Riane Eisler
  • Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave (1995) - Alvin and Heidi Toffler
  • Bowling Alone (2000) - Robert D. Putnam
  • Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea (2006) - Mark Kurlansky
  • A History of the Future (2008) - Donna Goodman
  • Mindfulness (1989) - Ellen J. Langer
  • Emotional Intelligence (1995) - Daniel Goleman
  • The Golem: What You Should Know about Science - 2nd edition (1998) - Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch
  • Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century (1999) - Howard Gardner
  • The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000) - Malcolm Gladwell
  • Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage (2001) - Paul Edman
  • Primal Leadership (2002) - Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatwzis, and Anne McKee
  • The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership (2004) - David R. Caruso and Peter Salvoes
  • The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be Insanely Great in Front of an Audience (2010) - Carmine Gallo



​The SafeGrowth® neighborhood planning method provides a structured approach to creating liveable cities for the 21st Century.

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​This collection of resources provides in-depth information about SafeGrowth
®
philosophy and practice.
SAFEGROWTH® THEORY
SAFEGROWTH® THEORY
WHAT MAKES GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS?
FOUR TENETS OF SAFEGROWTH®
RECOMMENDED READINGS

KNOWLEDGE BANK
SAFEGROWTH® DOCUMENTS
SAFEGROWTH PRESENTATIONS
VIDEO
TED-Ed TRAINING ON SAFEGROWTH®
TED-Ed TRAINING ON VISION-BASED ASSET MAPPING
PUBLICATIONS


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