Alarm Systems and Theft Prevention
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Alarm Systems and Theft Prevention

  1. 414 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Alarm Systems and Theft Prevention

About this book

Alarm Systems and Theft Prevention, Second Edition, recounts the sometimes sad, sometimes humorous, and nearly always unfortunate experiences of manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and individuals who have lost valuable merchandise, money, jewelry, or securities to criminal attacks. In most cases the losses occurred because there was a weak link: a vulnerability in the total security defense. The book presents in practical terms those weaknesses in physical security, alarm systems, or related security procedures that, when blended together, result in vulnerability. In addition to analyzing these cases and identifying the key elements of vulnerability, remedies for curing the weakness are also offered. Other sections of this book deal with the application, strengths, and limitations of security equipment. For the most part, equipment is presented from the practical viewpoint—what a security device or system will do (or not do) and how it should be applied and operated, rather than the detail of mechanical design, electrical circuitry, or laboratory theories. This book is written in layman's language and is intended to be read by people who supply, use, or need security services and equipment.

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Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780409951752
eBook ISBN
9781483160870
Edition
2
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Criminology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Alarm Systems and Theft Prevention
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface and Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter 1. Introduction
  7. Chapter 2. Basic Burglary
  8. Chapter 3. Sophisticated Burglary
  9. Chapter 4. Burglary Through Unprotected Points
  10. Chapter 5. Underwriters' Laboratories
  11. Chapter 6. Ultrasonic Intrusion Alarm Systems
  12. Chapter 7. Microwave Motion Detection
  13. Chapter 8. Passive Infrared Technology
  14. Chapter 9. Environmental Causes of False Alarms
  15. Chapter 10. Alarm Defeat by Lock Picking
  16. Chapter 11. Problems of Police-Connected Alarms
  17. Chapter 12. Corner Cutting in Security
  18. Chapter 13. Attack Against Telephone Alarm Lines
  19. Chapter 14. First U.S. Defeat of Central Station-Connected System
  20. Chapter 15. Defeat of Police-Connected Alarm Systems
  21. Chapter 16. Alarm Line Security
  22. Chapter 17. Advances in Hard-Wired Sensing Systems
  23. Chapter 18. Business Skills in Criminal Attack
  24. Chapter 19. Dual Central Station Protection
  25. Chapter 20. Update on Burglary Attack Techniques
  26. Chapter 21. Digital Paging and Effective Alarm Response
  27. Chapter 22. The Thermic Lance
  28. Chapter 23. Safe Choice and Considerations
  29. Chapter 24. Imported Tough Safes
  30. Chapter 25. Capacitance Alarm Safe Protection
  31. Chapter 26. Burglary of Mercantile Vaults
  32. Chapter 27. Vault Construction and Protection
  33. Chapter 28. Shopping Center Burglary
  34. Chapter 29. Hit-and-Run Attacks Against Glass
  35. Chapter 30. Residential Alarm Systems
  36. Chapter 31. Apartment Burglary
  37. Chapter 32. Advances in Low-Power Wireless Sensing Systems
  38. Chapter 33. Procedural Weaknesses in Security
  39. Chapter 34. Oversights in Security
  40. Chapter 35. Attacks on Out-of-Order Alarms
  41. Chapter 36. Amateur Alarm Systems
  42. Chapter 37. Pretext and Impersonation in Burglary
  43. Chapter 38. Impersonation in Robbery
  44. Chapter 39. Robbery Attack
  45. Chapter 40. It's Robbery Time
  46. Chapter 41. Surveillance Systems Choice
  47. Chapter 42. The Diamond Switch
  48. Chapter 43. Internal Theft Through Unprotected Points
  49. Chapter 44. Metal Detection and Inspection
  50. Chapter 45. Bomb Threat Planning
  51. Chapter 46. Commercial Office Building Security
  52. Chapter 47. Proprietary Alarm System Centers
  53. Chapter 48. There Are Two Sides to An Alarm Contract
  54. Chapter 49. The Alarm Industry in the Twenty-first Century
  55. Chapter 50. The Consultants Role
  56. Appendix: The Security Audit
  57. Index