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Design against crime : crime proofing everyday products / edited by Paul Ekblom.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Crime prevention studies ; Volume 27.
- Crime Prevention Studies ; Volume 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theft--Prevention.
- Theft.
- Business enterprises--Security measures.
- Business enterprises.
- Security systems.
- Crime prevention.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (307 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From bicycle stands configured to prevent theft to pharmaceutical packaging that thwarts counterfeiters, the authors fuse crime science and design practice to point the way forward for a new generation of crime-proofed objects used in everyday contexts.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction / P. Ekblom
- 2. The security function framework / P. Ekblom
- 3. Embedding crime prevention within design / A.B. Wootton and C.L. Davey
- 4. Making a brave transition from research to reality / R. Armitage
- 5. A market approach to crime prevention / G. Newman
- 6. Designing against bicycle theft / A. Thorpe, S.D. Johnson, and A. Sidebottom
- 7. Designing a counter-terrorism trash bin / R. Lulham [and others]
- 8. Packaging against counterfeiting / L. Segato
- 9. Reducing handbag theft / P. Ekblom [and others]
- 10. Supermarket carts to reduce handbag theft / A. Sidebottom, P. Guillaume, and T. Archer
- 11. Slowing thefts of fast-moving goods / M. Gill and R. Clarke
- 12. Conclusion / P. Ekblom.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-58826-940-X
- OCLC:
- 929119907
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