Can burglary prevention be low-carbon and effective? Investigating the environmental performance of burglary prevention measures

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Skudder, H., Brunton-Smith, I., Tseloni, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-6443-7012, McInnes, A., Cole, J., Thompson, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-4220-3730 and Druckman, A., 2017. Can burglary prevention be low-carbon and effective? Investigating the environmental performance of burglary prevention measures. Security Journal. ISSN 0955-1662

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-017-0091-4

Abstract

There has been limited study to date on the environmental impacts of crime prevention measures. We address this shortfall by estimating the carbon footprint associated with the most widely used burglary prevention measures: door locks, window locks, burglar alarms, lighting and CCTV cameras. We compare these footprints with a measure of their effectiveness, the security protection factor,
allowing us to identify those measures that are both low-carbon and effective in preventing burglary. Window locks are found to be the most effective and low-carbon
measure available individually. Combinations of window locks, door locks, external and indoor lightings are also shown to be effective and low-carbon. Burglar alarms and CCTV do not perform as strongly, with low security against burglary and higher carbon footprints. This information can be used to help inform more sustainable choices of burglary prevention within households as well as for crime prevention product design.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

Security Journal

Creators:

Skudder, H., Brunton-Smith, I., Tseloni, A., McInnes, A., Cole, J., Thompson, R. and Druckman, A.

Publisher:

Springer/Palgrave Macmillan

Date:

24 February 2017

ISSN:

0955-1662