MARKET POTENTIAL FOR A LOW COST BURGLARY ALARM SYSTEM FOR HOME AND BUSINESS APPLICATIONS IN HIGH CRIME SMSA'S (STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS)

• NCJ Number: 32104
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 152 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-025-73
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Aerospace Corporation; Tyler Research Associates, Inc
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY TO DETERMINE PUBLIC CONCERN WITH BURGLARY, CONSUMER REACTIONS TO THE ALARM SYSTEM, CITIZEN GROUPS MOST LIKELY TO USE THE SYSTEM, AS WELL AS ACCEPTANCE OF THE SYSTEM AT DIFFERENT PRICE LEVELS.

Abstract

IN QUESTION WAS A BURGLARY ALARM FOR USE IN RESIDENCES AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH SIGNALS A BURGLAR'S PRESENCE AUDIBLY, COVERTLY TO A RESPONSE AGENCY, OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH 472 HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND 135 SMALL BUSINESSMEN IN NINE HIGH CRIME CITIES. THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS GOOD MARKET POTENTIAL FOR THE BURGLARY ALARM SYSTEM, BOTH AMONG RESIDENTS AND AMONG BUSINESSMEN IN HIGH CRIME S.M.S.A.'S. FOR FINDINGS FROM STUDIES CONCERNED WITH A CITIZEN'S ALARM SYSTEM, SEE NCJ-32103. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)