Theorist

Oscar Newman

1935–2004 Environmental criminology & housing design

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Details

Nationality: Canadian-American

Classifications

Holder: Individual
Source of authority: ObservationReason
Subject: Human centred
Degree of codification: Pattern based
Mode of transmission: Text drawing
Knowledge type: Propositional
Epistemic cluster: Western philosophical

Connections

proposed Defensible Space

Sources

Oscar Newman. Defensible Space: Crime Prevention Through Urban Design. Macmillan, 1972.
Oscar Newman. Creating Defensible Space. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1996.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Oscar Newman." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/oscar-newman/. Accessed July 17, 2026.