University of Guilan (with the participation of the Iranian Association of Penal Law) Criminal Law Research 2322-2328 10 1 2019 06 12 Architectural Solutions for Crime Prevention in Open Residential Complexes at Block as a Level of Residential Space -Case Studies: Rasht Mehr Housing, Rasht Orkide Golsar Housing and Talesh Basijian Housing- Architectural Solutions for Crime Prevention in Open Residential Complexes at Block as a Level of Residential Space -Case Studies: Rasht Mehr Housing, Rasht Orkide Golsar Housing and Talesh Basijian Housing- 135 164 3491 10.22124/jol.2019.8379.1383 FA Seyyed Ameen Seyyedein PH.D Student in architecture, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch. Mehrdad Javaherian Assistant Professor, University of Guilan, Hossein Aghababaei Associate Professor, University of Guilan Qader Bayzidi Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch Journal Article 2017 08 27 The purpose of this study was to investigate and categorize the crime preventive measures at residential block level. Paying attention to different levels of residential space and the categorization of solutions derived from concepts such as natural surveillance, territory, access control and audibility can be an effective step in clarifying how strategies are influenced and it is influential in presenting and predicting the results of strategies. Different levels of residential space are space, unit, block, complex, neighborhood, district, town or city. The information gathering method in this paper is taking notes from library resources and the questionnaire tool for field studies that were analayzed with statistical methods. The findings indicate that the application priority of each of principles of natural surveillance, territory, access control and audibility in providing solutions is different according to the residential level of block and in particular the type of its attributes. The purpose of this study was to investigate and categorize the crime preventive measures at residential block level. Paying attention to different levels of residential space and the categorization of solutions derived from concepts such as natural surveillance, territory, access control and audibility can be an effective step in clarifying how strategies are influenced and it is influential in presenting and predicting the results of strategies. Different levels of residential space are space, unit, block, complex, neighborhood, district, town or city. The information gathering method in this paper is taking notes from library resources and the questionnaire tool for field studies that were analayzed with statistical methods. The findings indicate that the application priority of each of principles of natural surveillance, territory, access control and audibility in providing solutions is different according to the residential level of block and in particular the type of its attributes. https://jol.guilan.ac.ir/article_3491_c82496e8470789dc31664cbfb76e44e6.pdf