Abstract

Domestic burglaries are serious crimes that infringe on tranquility and safety in residential spaces, and have a huge impact on the fear of crime among the victims and local residents. In order to reduce these burglaries and crime fears, we compared before and after installation of certified security products using Target Hardening, one of CPTED's strategies to more directly and effectively block and prevent burglaries.
 For the first time in Korea, crime prevention facilities were deployed in Maesan-dong-gil, Gongju-si, through the revision of local government ordinances, and the effect of the above certified security products support project was analyzed. During the implementation of the project, survey data were collected from residents two times in advance and after, a single group pre- and post-measurement design method, which is a semi-experimental design method, and reliability and validity were analyzed before research hypothesis verification of the research hypothesis.
 As a result of the analysis, it was found that the occurrence of Burglary actually decreased after the installation of the Certified Security Products, and the specific fear of theft, robbery, sexual assault, and murder was confirmed. In addition, the perception of the effectiveness of the certified security products installation support project also showed a slight increase in positive perception in the post-survey. Lastly, it can be seen that the reliability of the local police has increased significantly in all variables of police trust, police crime prevention activity, dispatch, criminal arrest, police attitude, and cooperation with residents.
 Therefore, it can be seen that the installation of certified security products reduces crime rate and fear of crime, increases positive awareness of the certified security products installation support project, and increases trust in local police. If such a target hardening CPTED project is carried out more actively in the future, it will contribute to the prevention of burglary and the safety of the people, and based on this, CPTED and target hardening will become basic residential environment elements.

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