This important book offers unique insights into crime and its prevention in retailing. It is the first comparative study of crime and nuisance in town centres and shopping centres. The book contributes directly to the current debate about the vitality and viability of ghigh-street shopping.

It discusses critically the use and effectiveness of a range of security options, including the role of security guards and the 'privatisation' of policing in the retail sector. A detailed examination is made of the burgeoning use of closed circuit television, something which is contrasted with the lack of information about its effectiveness.

This timely and major contribution is of interest to retailers, town-centre and shopping-centre managers, the private security industry and police officers, as well as academics and students.

Crime and Nuisance in Context
Criminal Threats to Safe Shopping
Crime and Nuisance: The Customers' Perspective
Crime and Nuisance: The Managers' Perspective
Existing Security Measures: An Audit
Regulating the Private Security Industry
Management Priorities and Security
The Use of Closed Circuit Television
CCTV and the 'High-Tech Fix': Some Unanswered Questions
Security Shutters: Designing Out Crime or Designing In Anxiety
Conclusion

ADRIAN BECK is Senior Lecturer in Security Management and Information Technology at the Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK.

ANDREW WILLIS is Head of Department and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK.