This is the second book in the Crime at Work series. It builds on the success of Volume 1 and focuses on the scale and patterns of crime and the impact that it has on different businesses. The book suggests ways in which organisations can improve security, target resources, and evaluate offences.
This book contains a wealth of information which is of essential reading for all those involved with crime prevention, crime risk management and evaluating the effectiveness of various security measures.
Papers are written by key academics and practitioners in the field of security management and crime prevention.
Topics covered include: drug dealing in pubs and clubs, the craft of the long-firm fraudster, the corruption of data, counterfeiting, why robbers return to the crime scene, commercial areas at high risk of becoming victims, employee theft and collusion with customers, deaths at work, the behaviour of shop thieves, the balance between sales and security, the merits of contract security in commercial policing and others.
Each paper includes lessons which are useful for both practitioners and theorists, and the editor offers a new set of techniques for 'situational crime prevention'.
Responding effectively to crime is dependent on understanding the causes, athe behaviour patterns of offenders, and the limits of different enforcement styles and approaches. This book tackles these issues in the context of the workplace, the locale of much crime and little research.
Introduction; M.Gill
Shrinkage Figures and Data Corruption: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics?; V.Turbin
High Risk, Low Risk: The Use of Data in the Identification of Potential Targets of Commercial Crime Offenders; K.Bowers & A.Hirschfield
Commercial Crime, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: A Study of Three Streets in Camden, North London; M.Hopkins & N.Tilley
The Extent and Nature of Homicide and Non-fatal Workplace Violence in the United States: Implications for Prevention and Security; B.S.Fisher, E.L.Jenkins & N.Williams
In Defence of Farms: An Agrarian Crime Prevention Audit in Rutland; G.Sugden
Sales and Security: Striking the Balance; A.Beck & A.Willis
Consumers' Perceptions of Shoplifting and Shoplifting Behaviour; M.Tonglet
A Breach of Trust: Employee Collusion and Theft from Major Retailers; J.Bamfield
Repeat Robbers: Are they Different?; M.Gill & K.Pease
The Craft of the Long-Firm Fraudster: Criminal Skills and Criminal Responses; M.Levi
Drugs and Doors: Improving Door Security and Tackling Drug Dealing in Pubs and Clubs; S.Morris
Bad Goods: Product Counterfeiting and Enforcement Strategies; J.Vagg & J.Harris
Why Some Organisations Prefer Contract to In-House Security Staff; M.Button & B.George
MARTIN GILL is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Scarman Centre at the University of Leicester, UK.
Description
This is the second book in the Crime at Work series. It builds on the success of Volume 1 and focuses on the scale and patterns of crime and the impact that it has on different businesses. The book suggests ways in which organisations can improve security, target resources, and evaluate offences.
This book contains a wealth of information which is of essential reading for all those involved with crime prevention, crime risk management and evaluating the effectiveness of various security measures.
Papers are written by key academics and practitioners in the field of security management and crime prevention.
Topics covered include: drug dealing in pubs and clubs, the craft of the long-firm fraudster, the corruption of data, counterfeiting, why robbers return to the crime scene, commercial areas at high risk of becoming victims, employee theft and collusion with customers, deaths at work, the behaviour of shop thieves, the balance between sales and security, the merits of contract security in commercial policing and others.
Each paper includes lessons which are useful for both practitioners and theorists, and the editor offers a new set of techniques for 'situational crime prevention'.
Responding effectively to crime is dependent on understanding the causes, athe behaviour patterns of offenders, and the limits of different enforcement styles and approaches. This book tackles these issues in the context of the workplace, the locale of much crime and little research.
Contents
Introduction; M.Gill
Shrinkage Figures and Data Corruption: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics?; V.Turbin
High Risk, Low Risk: The Use of Data in the Identification of Potential Targets of Commercial Crime Offenders; K.Bowers & A.Hirschfield
Commercial Crime, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: A Study of Three Streets in Camden, North London; M.Hopkins & N.Tilley
The Extent and Nature of Homicide and Non-fatal Workplace Violence in the United States: Implications for Prevention and Security; B.S.Fisher, E.L.Jenkins & N.Williams
In Defence of Farms: An Agrarian Crime Prevention Audit in Rutland; G.Sugden
Sales and Security: Striking the Balance; A.Beck & A.Willis
Consumers' Perceptions of Shoplifting and Shoplifting Behaviour; M.Tonglet
A Breach of Trust: Employee Collusion and Theft from Major Retailers; J.Bamfield
Repeat Robbers: Are they Different?; M.Gill & K.Pease
The Craft of the Long-Firm Fraudster: Criminal Skills and Criminal Responses; M.Levi
Drugs and Doors: Improving Door Security and Tackling Drug Dealing in Pubs and Clubs; S.Morris
Bad Goods: Product Counterfeiting and Enforcement Strategies; J.Vagg & J.Harris
Why Some Organisations Prefer Contract to In-House Security Staff; M.Button & B.George
Authors
MARTIN GILL is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Scarman Centre at the University of Leicester, UK.
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