SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1981
STP28076S

Use of Victimization Surveys in Security Planning

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Current methods in planning for security improvements in residential areas generally proceed with an inadequate empirical base. As a result, security plans often fail to address a community's real problems or to employ realistic methodology to ameliorate the apparent problem. Such methodological weakness can cause a security program to have no impact or to exhibit poor benefit-to-cost ratios. This paper examines these problems and outlines a methodology by which to improve security planning, refine the allocation of security resources and enhance benefit-cost relationships. The following parts of this paper: (a) describe the scope of the residential security problem; (b) delineate the most common failings of current planning practices; and (c) propose a methodology for addressing the problem more effectively.

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Ryan, PM
National Office for Social Responsibility, Alexandria, Va.
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Developed by Committee: F12
Pages: 37–48
DOI: 10.1520/STP28076S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4797-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0606-2