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SITE THEFT - A SPANNER IN THE WORKS
Advice on construction site security
Supervising a construction site is a very demanding job - and crime prevention is often not a top priority. Yet the losses from theft and vandalism suffered by the construction industry have been estimated at around £400 million a year - over £1 million every day.
How schools can contribute to area regeneration
The connection between area disadvantage and schooling is a long-standing policy concern. While previous research has concentrated upon area impact upon schools, this report, by members of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation identifies school contribution toward area regeneration.
Drugs Prevention Advisory Service papers
Amongst material published by the Drugs Prevention Advisory Service (DPAS) in 2001 are three papers to aid drug prevention work and add to the understanding of what works in community involvement and school-based drug prevention projects.
The Prevention of Plastic and Cheque Fraud Revisited
Home Office Research Study 182 (1998) describes the implementation of the 1991 report ’s recommendations, assessing the contribution of the preventive measures to the subsequent fall in fraud, and looking at future risks and how to address them.
Retail Crime: Prevention Through Crime Analysis
Crime Prevention Unit Paper No 11 (1988) sought to provide practical advice to assist those retailers who wish to apply crime analysis techniques to retail crime.
Few retailers doubt that crime is an expensive fact of life, and is a concern that has to be taken into account in all aspects of their operations. It is not only expensive but can be painful, for those in retailing are occasionally also subject to violence. Moreover retailers are increasingly aware that they are not only the victims of crime committed by ‘outsiders’ — such as customers or burglars — but by their own employees.
June 2003
Making Crime Prevention Pay: Initiatives From Business
One of the constantly recurring questions in relation to the promotion of crime prevention is whether the potential benefits warrant the financial and social costs. This report, published in 1991, offers a wide-ranging commentary on many of the cost-effective initiatives taken by businesses to reduce crime.
Crime on Industrial Estates
Crime is an important issue to businesses, and a considerable amount of attention has focused on crime prevention in the retailing and financial sectors. The manufacturing sector and industrial estates have, by comparison, been a relatively neglected target for crime prevention, yet these areas play an important part in the economic life and well-being of our towns and cities.
Last update: Friday, September 15, 2006