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Resumo. O presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar as teorias atuais e resultados
cientficos sobre o impacto do ambiente fsico e social na preveno criminal. Partiu-se,
inicialmente, dos problemas enfrentados no meio urbano acerca da conduta normativa dos
indivduos para o entendimento do comportamento criminoso em relao ao ambiente
fsico. Alm de ser analisado os processos de decises envolvidos na conduta criminosa.
Posteriormente, realizou-se uma anlise sobre os estudos de interveno direta no ambiente
fsico e social pela criao de espaos defensveis e desenvolvimento de projetos
infraestruturais que acomodem maior segurana em uma comunidade. Por fim, prope-se,
a partir do levantamento bibliogrfico, maiores investigaes no contexto brasileiro a fim
de contribuir para a preveno de crimes e a sociabilizao nas cidades.
Abstract. This study aimed to investigate the current theories and scientific findings on the
impact of physical and social environment in crime prevention. Initially, it was
investigated the problems faced in urban cities concerned to the normative conduct of
individuals and its relation to the physical environment. Futhermore the decision-making
processes involved in criminal conduct was analysed. Later, there was an analysis of the
intervention in the physical and social environment by creating defensible spaces and
development of infrastructure projects that accommodate a better security in a community.
Finally, it is proposed from the literature, further investigation in the brazilian context, in
order to contribute to the crime prevention and socialization in the cities.
Assim, para o criminoso, todos esses espaos geogrficos influenciam a sua tomada de
deciso para escolher a vtima e cometer o crime. Por exemplo, os autores ressaltam que muitos
crimes contra a propriedade tendem a ocorrer perto de rodovias, o que sugere que esses locais
Concluses
A contribuio de diversas reas como a Criminologia Ambiental e os estudos de
Espaos Defensveis demonstram no somente que possvel realizar intervenes diretas no
ambiente fsico para a reduo da criminalidade, mas tambm revelam que h benefcios
concomitantes como a reduo de gastos pela implantao de meios de segurana como a
iluminao. Acima de tudo os mtodos intervencionistas em mbito social garantem a
sociabilizao dos indivduos dentro de uma comunidade, o que pode vir a ser uma estratgia
contra o processo de desindividualizao enfrentado nas grandes cidades
Tendo em vista a importncia de se entender a relao entre o ambiente fsico e social
para a preveno de crimes necessrio um maior nmero de investigaes cientficas para o
contexto brasileiro a fim de entender a aplicabilidade dos mtodos investigados no pas.
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