NCJ Number
51548
Date Published
1976
Length
148 pages
Annotation
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES CITATIONS FOR PUBLICATIONS ON SECURITY SYSTEMS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF BUSINESSES, SECURITY EQUIPMENT, AND SECURITY PROCEDURES TO THWART VARIOUS TYPES OF CRIME.
Abstract
CITED MATERIALS WERE GLEANED FROM JOURNAL AND MONOGRAPHIC LITERATURE, AS WELL AS IN-HOUSE AND TRADE ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS A SECURITY MANUAL OF A RETAIL BUSINESS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. EACH ENTRY INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA AND THE REFERENCE WHERE IT WAS VERIFIED. (E.G., 'ABSTRACTS ON POLICE SCIENCE' AND 'SUBJECT GUIDE TO BOOKS IN PRINT'). THE PUBLICATIONS DATE LARGELY FROM THE LATE 1960'S THROUGH 1975, THOUGH EARLIER MATERIAL IS INCLUDED. ENTRIES ARE ARRANGED BY SUBJECT, WITH A SECTION DEVOTED TO EACH OF 31 TOPICS. WITHIN A SECTION, THEY ARE ALPHABETICALLY ORDERED BY AUTHOR, WHERE AVAILABLE, OR BY TITLE. CHAPTERS ARE DEVOTED TO SECURITY FOR THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF FACILITIES OR BUSINESSES: INDUSTRY, BANKS, RETAIL TRADE, FACTORIES, FREIGHTS AND FREIGHTAGE, ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENTS, AND BUILDINGS. THE USE OF PRIVATE POLICE, FIRE PREVENTION, AND CRIME PREVENTION ARE ALSO COVERED . SECTIONS ON SECURITY EQUIPMENT INCLUDE ELECTRIC ALARMS, CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION, LOCKS AND KEYS, IDENTIFICATION CARDS, AND SAFES. PUBLICATIONS CONCERNING SECURITY FOR SPECIFIC CRIMES ARE PRESENTED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: SHOPLIFTING, INVENTORY SHORTAGES, LARCENY, EMBEZZLEMENT, FRAUD, ESPIONAGE, SPIES, CRYPTOGRAPHY, TRADE SECRETS, KIDNAPING, SABOTAGE, TERRORISM, BOMBS, RIOTS, ROBBERY, AND BURGLARY. (RCB)