Hot Products Resources

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Clarke, Ronald V. 1999. Hot Products: understanding, anticipating and reducing demand for stolen goods. Police Research Series Paper 112. London, UK: Home Office.
(This report focuses attention on the so-called 'hot products' that are most likely to be stolen, and finds that products that are generally concealable, removable, available, valuable, enjoyable and disposable.)