Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, Fifth Edition

  • 22h 22m
  • Lawrence J. Fennelly
  • Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
  • 2012

The Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, 5th Edition, is a trusted foundation for security professionals just entering the field and a reference for seasoned professionals. This book provides a comprehensive overview of current approaches to security and crime prevention, tools and technologies to put these approaches into action, and information on a wide range of specific areas within the field of physical security. These include school and campus security, cargo security, access control, the increasingly violent healthcare security environment, and prevention or mitigation of terrorism and natural disasters.

  • Covers every important topic in the field, including the latest on wireless security applications, data analysis and visualization, situational crime prevention, and global security standards and compliance issues
  • Required reading for the certification DHS selected for its infrastructure security professionals
  • Each chapter is contributed by a top security professional with subject-matter expertise

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Vulnerability Assessment
  • Vulnerability Assessment Process Inputs — Establish Protection Objectives
  • Designing Security and Working with Architects
  • Designing Crime Risk Management Systems
  • Approaches to Physical Security
  • Security Surveys and the Audit
  • CPTED in the Twenty-First Century
  • Environmental Criminology and Crime Control
  • Problem Solving — Community Policing
  • Neighborhood Watch Guidelines for the Twenty-First Century
  • Situational Crime Prevention and Opportunity Blocking
  • Design and Evaluation of Physical Protection Systems
  • Planning, Management, and Evaluation
  • Crime Analysis
  • Standards, Regulations and Guidelines—Compliance and Your Security Program, Including Global Resources
  • Access Control, Access Badges, and Biometrics Characteristics
  • Alarms—Intrusion Detection Systems
  • Video Technology Overview
  • Security Lighting
  • Information Technology Systems Infrastructure
  • Information Security
  • Protective Barriers
  • Physical Barriers
  • Fence Standards
  • The Use of Locks in Physical Crime Prevention
  • Safes, Vaults, and Accessories
  • Guard Service in the Twenty-First Century
  • Internal Theft Controls
  • Bomb Threats and Physical Security Planning
  • Perspectives on Safe School Administration
  • Campus Security and Crime Prevention
  • Domestic Violence—Stopping the Violence
  • Proprietary Information
  • Identity Theft
  • Retail Security-Employee Theft
  • High-Rise Security
  • Multi-Residential Security
  • Lodging Hospitality Security
  • Computer and Transportation Systems Security
  • The Security Professional, Terrorism, Bioterrorism, and the Next Level
  • Contingency Planning
  • Emergency Preparedness — Planning and Management
  • Broadband Industry Fraud—A Case Study from a Cable Provider
  • Cargo Security
  • Corporate Policy and Procedures
SHOW MORE
FREE ACCESS

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE

Rating 5.0 of 1 users Rating 5.0 of 1 users (1)
Rating 4.6 of 5 users Rating 4.6 of 5 users (5)