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Effectiveness of an Electronic Security Management System in a Privately Owned Apartment Complex

NCJ Number
235242
Journal
Evaluation Review Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Dated: February 2009 Pages: 3-26
Author(s)
David F. Greenberg; Jeffery B. Roush
Date Published
February 2011
Length
24 pages
Annotation
This article reviews the effects of introducing an integrated security management system.
Abstract
Poisson and negative binomial regression methods are used to analyze the monthly time series data to determine the effects of introducing an integrated security management system including closed-circuit television (CCTV), door alarm monitoring, proximity card access, and emergency call boxes to a large privately-owned complex of apartment buildings in New York City. Crime rates in a control apartment complex under the same ownership, and in the police precinct in which the two complexes are located, serve as controls. (Published Abstract)