Preventing Retail-Sector Crimes (From Building a Safer Society: Strategic Approaches to Crime Prevention, Volume 19, P 263-342, 1995, Michael Tonry and David P Farrington, eds.)

• NCJ Number: 159620
• Author(s): J Shapland
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 80 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Great Britain Home Office
• Sale Source: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

The prevalence of crime in the retail sector is higher than in residential communities, and multiple victimization is common.

Abstract

Shops and stores are exposed to such external crime as theft, burglary, robbery, and staff-targeted violence. The location, siting, and design of a store and the type of neighborhood in which the store is situated significantly affect its crime risk. Expenditures for retail security measures are high, but evaluated and published accounts of retail crime prevention experiments are rare. Nonetheless, there are documented and cost-effective examples of how to prevent major crime risks. The most useful crime prevention approach will require the development and dissemination of crime audit methods and good crime prevention practices. Cooperative methods of crime prevention in local areas that involve security management changes within companies and public agency participation are also likely to be required. 91 references