Program Profile: Doors and Windows Ordinance (Philadelphia, Pa.)

This environmental crime-prevention measure was enacted as a city ordinance and required property owners of abandoned buildings to install working doors and windows in all structural openings or be subject to significant fines.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

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This environmental crime-prevention measure was enacted as a city ordinance and required property owners of abandoned buildings (that often serve as havens for illicit drugs and related crime) to install working doors and windows in all structural openings or be subject to significant fines. This program is rated Promising. The results show that the program was associated with statistically significant citywide reductions in overall crimes and all nuisance crimes, but not in violent gun crimes.

A Promising rating implies that implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s).

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Geography: Urban

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting

Program Type: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design/Design Against Crime, Situational Crime Prevention

Current Program Status: Active