Creating a Safer Physical Environment through Design Seminar

Mark your calendar for Friday October 17th! Ohio State University's City and Regional Planning program, the Columbus Section of the American Planning Association, and the Criminal Justice Research Center at OSU are sponsoring a day-long seminar on Creating a Safer Physical Environment through Design.

The seminar will be held at the Fawcett Center in Columbus, Ohio. Directions to the Fawcett Center.

9:30 am - Check-in and Coffee at The Fawcett Center

10:00 am - 11:30 am - Ralph B. Taylor PhD, Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University conducts research on people's perception of their environment and their perceptions of safety.

11:45 - 1:00 pm - Lunch and Principles on Evaluating and Creating a Safe Physical Environment Sergeant Earl Smith, Columbus Police Department. Sergeant Smith is a Certified Prevention Specialist who has been teaching groups about Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for many years.

1:15 pm - 3:00 pm - Strategies for Creating a Safescape
Dean Brennan, AICP is a planner with the City of Phoenix, Arizona. He is responsible for initiating the City of Phoenix's Safe Communities Program, a partnership of city departments involved with safety. Brennan is the author of Safescape available through the Planners Press.

The cost of this event is $50. Students can register for the discounted price of $15. Participants may attend the 10 am session only for free.

This program qualifies for six hours of AICP and AIA Continuing Education Credit.

To register, download and print the registration form in Adobe Acrobat or registration form in Microsoft Word.

For more information, contact Jennifer Evans-Cowley at (614) 247-7479 or by e-mail at cowley.11@osu.edu