THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AGAINST SMALL BUSINESSES: The Safer Cities Experience

Softcover. Police Research Group Crime Prevention Unit Series Paper 45. The report reviews the vulnerability of small businesses to crime and the consequences of it, from the relatively sparse published literature and the experience in Safer Cities areas. It paints a grim picture of high rates of offending and repeated offending against small shops and businesses. There is generally a dearth of knowledge of the consequences of this offending, although there is some basis for assuming that in certain inner city areas it contributes significantly to the decline of communities. With References. 29pp. trade softcover. Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.