Taxi Robbery Resources

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1. Alberta Human Resources and Employment, Working Alone Safely: A Guide for Employers and Employees, September 2000.
   (This guide includes "best practices" and a checklist for employees who handle cash.)
   
   
2. Australian Institute of Criminology, Preventing Assaults on Taxi Drivers in Australia, by Claire Mayhew, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 179.
   (There is a range of preventive strategies that can reduce the risk of assaults on taxi drivers, including technological interventions, training, and policy changes. A combination of technical interventions, including protective screens, Global Positioning Systems, cameras, cashless payment systems, two-way radios, alarms, flashing emergency lights, and policy initiatives is most likely to reduce the risks.)
   
   
3. Australian Insititute of Criminology, Violent Assaults on Taxi Drivers: Incidence Patterns and Risk Factors, by Claire Mayhew, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 178.
   (Violence is a common experience for taxi drivers, although most incidents involve on shouting, swearing and threats. This paper discusses the patterns of violence and identifies risk factors.)
   
   
4. Australian Institute of Criminology, Preventing Crime on Transport -- Taxis, by Patricia Weiser Easteal and Paul R. Wilson, 1991.
   (Aggressive acts toward taxi drivers and their vehicles range from verbal harrassment to theft, fare evasion, vandalism and murder. Crime prevention strategies can be driver initiated; involve a range of technological alarms and security devices; include increased training in communication and conciliatory skills for drivers; or focus on changing current practices to reduce the opportunity for problems to arise. Examples of specific measures are provided.)
   
   
5. Manitoba Taxicab Board, Taxicab Safety Shields, Report and Recommendations -- November 1999.
   (This report discusses the perceived weaknesses and economics of shields.)
   
   
6. Taxicab Driver Safety, by Gord Barton, Taxi Training Instructor
   (This document includes a thorough discussion of 28 safety rules to follow to avoid robbery and what to do during and after a robbery.)
   
   
7. Victorian Taxi Driver Safety Committee, Taxi Driver Survey, by Fiona Haines, August 1997.
   (Report of a survey of 3634 city and country Victorian (Australia) taxi drivers' experiences of victimization and their preferred preventive measures.)