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Case Studies - Examples of Practical Crime Prevention in Businesses

Practical crime prevention principles can be broken down into four broad categories. These are listed below. Click on each one for more information and examples of how these opportunity-reducing principles can be applied in businesses.

1) Make the Crime Seem Harder
2) Make the Crime Seem Riskier
3) Make the Crime Seem Unrewarding
4) Take Away People's Excuses to Commit the Crime


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