eprintid: 1456429
rev_number: 41
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datestamp: 2014-11-21 12:56:03
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creators_name: Tilley, NJ
creators_name: Thompson, R
creators_name: Farrell, G
creators_name: Grove, L
creators_name: Tseloni, A
title: Do Burglar Alarms Increase Burglary Risk? A Counterintuitive Finding and Possible Explanations
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F52
keywords: intruder alarms, domestic burglary risk, situational crime prevention
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abstract: Burglar alarms are widely used as a means to try to reduce the risk of domestic burglary. Previous research has suggested that some burglars are deterred by alarms and that they are therefore effective. Using multiple sweeps of the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), the research reported here sought to corroborate these findings. It finds that alarms are associated with increased rather than decreased risk of burglary and that negative associations have increased over time. These counterintuitive findings need to be treated cautiously. A series of hypotheses that might explain them are outlined.
date: 2014
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/cpcs.2014.17
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oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
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article_type_text: Article
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doi: 10.1057/cpcs.2014.17
lyricists_name: Tilley, Nicholas
lyricists_id: NTILL21
full_text_status: public
publication: Crime Prevention and Community Safety: an international journal
volume: 17
pagerange: 1-19
issn: 1460-3780
citation:        Tilley, NJ;    Thompson, R;    Farrell, G;    Grove, L;    Tseloni, A;      (2014)    Do Burglar Alarms Increase Burglary Risk? A Counterintuitive Finding and Possible Explanations.                   Crime Prevention and Community Safety: an international journal , 17    pp. 1-19.    10.1057/cpcs.2014.17 <https://doi.org/10.1057/cpcs.2014.17>.       Green open access   
 
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