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THE SENATE                           S.C.R. NO.            
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                    SENATE  CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THE INCORPORATION OF CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH
   ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN STANDARDS IN ALL NEW AND RENOVATED
   BUILDINGS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS.



 1       WHEREAS, the cost of violence in the community is measured
 2   not only by actual harm, but by the cost it takes to avoid such
 3   harm and the disruption to people's lives; and
 4   
 5       WHEREAS, in recent years, the incidences of crime to and on
 6   public places, particularly to institutions of learning, have
 7   increased significantly; and
 8   
 9       WHEREAS, crime, such as vandalism, theft, littering, and
10   assault, is detrimental to the quality of education, and
11   detracts from the educational process; and
12   
13       WHEREAS, there have been actions taken to deter and punish
14   acts of crime and violence, particularly in schools, through
15   environmental modification, which includes installing metal
16   detectors, security guards, and video cameras in such public
17   places; and
18   
19       WHEREAS, crime prevention through environmental design
20   standards can lead to a reduction in the fear and incidences of
21   crime and improvement in the quality of life, by incorporating
22   innovative solutions to address vandalism and other crime
23   security problems; and
24   
25       WHEREAS, these environmental design standards are used by
26   architects, planners, and designers in the initial planning
27   stages of development projects to prevent or reduce incidences
28   of crime to and on property; and
29   
30       WHEREAS, incorporating such standards would be beneficial
31   to all users of the public school and library systems by
32   providing design alternatives to reduce opportunities for
33   criminal activity; now, therefore,

 
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 1       BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twentieth Legislature
 2   of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2000, the House of
 3   Representatives concurring, that the Department of Accounting
 4   and General Services is requested to incorporate crime
 5   prevention through environmental design standards to all new
 6   and renovated buildings of the public school and library
 7   systems effective July 1, 2000; and
 8   
 9       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that crime prevention through
10   environmental design standards be based on the following
11   strategies:
12   
13       (1)  Surveillance to keep offenders under observation, such
14            as police (organized surveillance), lighting
15            (mechanical surveillance), and windows (natural
16            surveillance);
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18       (2)  Access control to deny access to a crime target and to
19            create a perception of risk in offenders, such as
20            guards (organized access control), locks (mechanical
21            access control), and spacial definition (natural
22            surveillance); and
23   
24       (3)  Territoriality to create or extend a sphere of
25            territorial influence to the offender, such as low
26            walls, landscaping, and paving patterns;
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28   and
29   
30       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Comptroller is requested to
31   submit a report of the actions taken pursuant to this
32   Concurrent Resolution to the Legislature no later than twenty
33   days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2001; and
34   
35       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
36   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Comptroller, the
37   Superintendent, and the Chairperson of the Board of Education.
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