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UNITED STATES CRIME PREVENTION TIPS

NCJ Number
148289
Date Published
Unknown
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This booklet provides tips to citizens on preventing crime and victimization in various everyday settings.
Abstract
The booklet describes how to protect oneself from intruders, on city streets, from theft of valuables, from theft while traveling, from armed robbery, from pickpockets, against rape, and from bicycle and car theft. Other topics covered include shoplifting, how to protect one's home, how to burglar-proof doors and windows, how to select a burglar alarm, and how to reduce crime in the neighborhood.