Another step to reduce offensible space is to have the built environment support good, accountable building management practices. Competent architecture will provide carefully laid out circulation patterns and avoid conflicts. Good architecture and design allow legitimate users to exert their positive influence. Building management is the link to follow through maintenance and image problems, provide accountability on who has access to the property for legitimate purposes and evict and otherwise punish troublemakers. Offensible space is a by-product o society's inability to apply crime prevention and law enforcement uniformly in the community.
Offensible space is a result of the community's disorganization and lack of citizen consensus.
Offensible space is the effect of criminals being organized, motivated, and well financed to create a crime environment that is resistant to outside intrusion. Until the law abiding community achieves organization and consensus and commits adequate resources to fighting the criminal community, offensible space sites will continue to grow and pose a clear and present danger to society.