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Make the Crime Seem Harder Control Access to Places Where Offenders Don't Belong - "Blocking Off Concealed Parking Areas" Deflect Offenders Away From People Who Might be Victims - "Reducing Theft from Shopping Bags in City Centre Markets" Control the Tools of Crime - "Preventing Credit Card Fraud Using Customer Photographs" Obstruct Offenders With Physical Barriers - "Preventing Robberies at Postal Counters"

Make the Crime Seem Riskier Watch Your Entrances and Exits - "Prevent Shoplifting Using Electronic Article Surveillance" Hire Security Personnel - "Reduction of Employee Theft in a Retail Environment" Get Your Employees to Pay Attention Clear the Way for Passers-By to See In and Around Your Business

Make the Crime Seem Less Rewarding Remove Whatever is Attractive to Criminals - "Crime Prevention in the Days of the Cowboys" Deny Criminals the Pleasure of Using Whatever They Take From You - "Reducing the Rewards of Shoplifting Using Ink Tags" Mark Your Equipment Reduce Whatever is Tempting to Criminals - "The Most Careless Merchant"

Take Away People's Excuses to Commit the Crime Set Rules or Procedures that Explain Acceptable Conduct Remind People that the Offense is Wrong Limit Access to Things that Reduce People's Ability to Think Make it Easy for People to "Do the Right Thing"