Resource: Center for Problem Oriented Policing at Arizona State University

Note that it can't be emphasized enough that a goodly amount of urban success over the past 15 years is attributable in part to a general reduction in crime, making people feel more comfortable about choosing to live in cities.

I am a strong proponent of the original concepts of "broken windows policing," which in the original research weren't just about arresting people and what transmogrified into "zero tolerance policing," but included investments in the broader environment, from dealing with vacant houses or abandoned cars and litter to public space maintenance.

The Broken Windows idea dates to a 1982 article in Atlantic Monthly Magazine.

Researchers focused on the total environment that supports crime came up with the term "problem-oriented policing" as a way to move beyond some of the political and social opposition to the term "broken windows policing" because of its association with "stop and frisk" and other zero tolerance measures.

-- "The state of "broken windows" versus "problem oriented policing" strategies in 2016: Part 1, theory and practice," 2016
-- "The state of "broken windows" versus "problem oriented policing" strategies in 2016: Part 2, what to do," 2016
-- "Los Angeles police department "Community Safety Partnership"," 2014
-- "Night-time safety: rethinking lighting in the context of a walking community," 2014
-- "Crime prevention through environmental design and repeated burglaries at the Naylor Gardens apartment complex," 2013
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I used to say that while there is a considerable amount of worthwhile academic literature on urban planning, it's surpassed by the amount of academic writing on transportation.

While I write from time to time on crime and public safety issues, and have even guest lectured at a college class on crime analysis, the depth and quality of the academic literature in criminology humbles me.  This started with the printed lecture by famed criminology professor Ronald V. Clarke, "Criminology and the Fundamental Attribution Error," sent our way by charlie.

Yesterday, I was researching bike theft and was reintroduced to the resources of the Center for Problem Oriented Policing at Arizona State.  I believe that they received a fair amount of funding from the US Department of Justice to create a series of guides on addressing crime in systematic ways.

For bike theft, these guides include

-- Bicycle Theft (Guide #52), 2008
-- Understanding Risky Facilities (Tool Guide #7),  2007

But the website is full of incredible resources on so many more topics.

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WRT to bike theft a couple of other very good journal articles that I came across are:

-- "Breaking into bicycle theft: Insights from Montreal, Canada." (Although this paper is by transportation researchers.) -
-- "Environmental Risk Factors influencing Bicycle Theft: A Spatial Analysis in London, UK." Most of the citations are linked and fully accessible. Reading all the cites would be a crash course in crime analysis and reduction!