What is it about?
This paper presents the findings of a detailed analysis of over 2000 properties in England with the aim of assessing the relationship between specific design features and burglary risk. The paper presents a practical risk assessment mechanism (the Burgess Checklist) to enable practitioners to score properties based upon risk of burglary.
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Why is it important?
This is a great paper that presents both detailed findings on the risk of burglary for properties with specific design features, as well as a practical risk assessment mechanism to allow practitioners to assess burglary risk.
Perspectives
This paper presents the findings from an extensive review of the specific design features of individual properties and the risk of these properties being burgled. The resulting risk assessment mechanism allows practitioners to see which design features are associated with burglary and which are not.
Prof Rachel A Armitage
University of Huddersfield
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This page is a summary of: Predicting and Preventing: Developing A Risk Assessment Mechanism For Residential Housing, Crime Prevention and Community Safety, July 2006, Nature,
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.cpcs.8150024.
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