Abstract
The papers discuss property crime and its prevention. Topics include vandalism, Neighbourhood Watch, and crime prevention in the workplace. The major point to emerge from the seminar is the importance of local communities in preventing property crimes.
Proceedings of a seminar held 24-25 November 1987
Contents
- Overview
Dennis Challinger - Opening address
Duncan Chappell - Crime prevention in England: themes and issues
Paul Ekblom - Public telephone vandalism
Bill Jamieson - Preventing criminal damage to schools
John Allsopp
Neighbourhood Watch: a discussion
- Issues and policy implications
Paul Wilson and Satyanshu Mukherjee - Neighbourhood Watch in America
Chris Coster - Neighbourhood Watch, the elderly and ethnic communities
Andrew Hiller - Society's attitude to crime
John Westbury
- Selling crime prevention to the community
Jim King - The crime prevention industry
John Hopgood - Anatomy of a crime prevention publicity campaign
Laurie Monaghan
Crime prevention in the workplace
- Crime is a symptom, bad management the disease
Ray Brown - A retail perspective
John Rice
- Participants list