Study on a Social and Natural Characteristics of Crime spacec Where Children are met in a City.

通过使用问候者问卷对东京都千叶县松户市和市川市的20所小学4、5、6班的大约10,500名儿童进行的研究发现，大约40%的儿童遇到过任何一种犯罪。犯罪多发的场所具有明显的空间特征，如位于屋苑建筑物后面的公园和绿地、街道上停车场环绕的公园、衰落的购物街等。这个地方很安全，不会发生犯罪，因为邻居们可以在这里关注户外发生的事情。

From the study using guestionnaire to about 10,500 children of 4th, 5th, and 6th class at 20 primary schools in Matsudo-, & Ichikawa-city of Chiba-pref., Koutou-& Katsushika-ward of Metropolitan Tokyo, it was found that about 40% of children met any of crimes. The places where crime might often happen, have evident spatial characteristics, which were for example parks and green area located backside of buildings at housing estates, parks surrounded by car parking on the streets, declining shopping street, ets. The place which was quite safe against crime was where neighbors could be concerned with what happened outdoors.