Introduction
The site which will be assessed in this paper is that of Harvey Hall which is located the University of Wisconsin-Stout. This building has undergone a lot of changes. It was first used in 1916. This building has been used by the School of Economics, Education, Human Services, and Liberal Studies. This is an academic building. There is a need to ensure that the building is safe. The building is mostly used for academic purposes. It is a building that is owned by an academic institution. The main users are students and faculty members.
The risk perpetrators of this site are mostly students. This is an academic institution and the likely victims are the students. This is because the students could be in need of academic favors. This building housing department, there are academic records being kept inside these buildings. This way, the targeted victims are the faculty members. This is because they are the ones who have the records. These students would want to tamper with the records which are kept by the faculty members. Other likely perpetrators of crime in this building are civilians who might be interested with hardware like computers. They will want to get hold of hardware assets like computers and printers. The targeted victims in this case are the faculty members and the heads of department. If hardware is stolen, then the whole department will be affected by the loss.
The unintended victim this case are the subordinate staff. Their records in the department might be tampered with and yet these records are not of interest to the perpetrators of crime. In case of the civilians wanting to steal the hardware, the unintended victims in this case will be the students. The type of violence that could occur could be physical. This is because the perpetrators could take the hardware and the software with force.
The probability of crime occurring in this building is high. This is because of the number of departments which are being housed. The four departments housed in the building is reason enough to get worried about the crimes occurring. With many students, there are high chances that crime will occur after some time. There are also monumental items that could be used for historic records. These are valuables which could be of worthy cause to the perpetrators. There is also hardware which is of interest to at the perpetrators. From outside, it is a big hall and the outsiders could be interested in the building, hoping that they will get a lot of valuables.
Results
The CPTED assessment of the building shows that there are many principles that were followed in the design of the building. The environmental. Concerns were followed in the design of the security concerns. The need for the use of the environment in the design of security was followed. The building is safe with these principles followed.
Discussion
There are some design principles which were not followed in the design of the building. The natural surveillance was not followed. This is not entirely the case because the isolated areas and routes have been designed so that there is natural surveillance. In areas which do not have natural surveillance, there is the provision of panic alarms, telephone and attendants. With the renovation being prepared there will be added activity in the building that will be an assurance that the area will be secured. The area is programmed for more events. The access control is well signed so there are many areas of entry which have been designed in the building to prevent unsolicited entry to the building.
Summary
The area has been designed to ensure security. There is concern that the building has followed the structure of CPTED. With the renovation that will be undertaken, there will be more security improvement using the environment.
