Design against bicycle theft
don’t give thieves an easy ride
Main project resource
www.bikeoff.org/design_resource
This is the key resource for this project (and will be live from 15 September 2008). It also contains reading lists and other useful links. Produced by the ‘Design Against Crime’ (DAC) Research Centre at Central Saint Martins, the research of the Bike Off Research Initiative was set up in January 2004 to establish how the design of cycling related objects and environments, as well as communicating best secure practice to cyclists and providers of cycle infrastructure, may reduce the risk of bike theft. Students are required to draw on the findings of the above research, to supplement their own innovative research around cycle use and security
Advice on bicycle theft prevention, Home Office, Crime Reduction
www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/vehiclecrime/vehiclecrime063.htm
Secured by Design
www.securedbydesign.com/
The official Police flagship for security and designing out crime.
Designing Out Crime Association
www.doca.org.uk
The aim of DOCA is to provide a forum for Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) professionals and practitioners to promote safer communities and reduce anti-social behaviour by improving the quality of life through the concept, application and practice of designing out crime
Bikeoff, Designing Out Crime Case Study, Design Council
www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/Case-Studies/All-Case-Studies/Bikeoff/
This case study shows how the design process has made bike stands more secure because it involved watching how people used bike stands, how criminals abused bike stands and how secure locking practices could be made easier