A Study on the Dissemination and Development Process of Crime Prevention Environment Design in Japan

This study attempted to examine the development process of introducing and disseminating crime prevention environment design in Japan, which has a similar social and cultural environment to Korea. Japan's CPTED, which began to be distributed mainly by the Japan Housing Corporation(currently the UR Urban Regeneration Organization) and the National Police Agency, was presented as a methodology that emphasized the improvement of the physical environment based on the location. However, since then, the subjects of activities have been diversified from public to private institutions, such as central government ministries, local governments, private business operators, and residents. In addition, the area of spatial application to educational institutions, roads, parking lots, and parks, including public housing, has been expanded, and community-participating software activities such as the establishment of living safety ordinances for each local government, the introduction of private security towns, and community-related volunteer activities are also emphasized as countermeasures. Through this case study of CPTED in Japan, it can be seen that in order to maintain a sustainable crime prevention environment, territorial integrity must be established through the creation of a physical and legal environment and the daily community activation of local members.