Problem-oriented Private Security

CRISP reports: Connecting Research in Security to Practice

Published by the ASIS Foundation

• Preventing Burglary in Commercial and Institutional Settings: A Place Management and Partnerships Approach
• Strategies to Detect and Prevent Workplace Dishonesty
• Preventing Gun Violence in the Workplace
• Lost Laptops = Lost Data: Measuring Costs, Managing Threats
• Organized Retail Crime
• From the Ground Up: Security for Tall Buildings

new! Crime Analysis for Problem Solving Security Professionals in 25 Small Steps By Karim H. Vellani, CPP, CSC

In an easy 25 steps, this manual shows security professionals how to select and implement appropriate countermeasures to reduce the opportunities for the everyday crimes that are the most common threats to assets and targets that security professionals must protect. Drawing on problem-oriented policing and situational crime prevention the manual is essential reading for security professionals, facility managers, risk managers, property managers, and as well for both public and private police who are concerned with everyday crime problems in business settings.

Recommended Readings

The core readings of problem oriented policing, many online and available for download from POP Center.

• Background Reading on POP and its Implementation
• Readings on Situational Crime Prevention
• Problem-Solving Tools

Special Manuals and Guides

Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers

Effective Policing and Crime Prevention: A Problem-Oriented Guide for Mayors, City Managers, and County Executives

Policing Terrorism: An Executive's Guide

Crime Prevention Studies

Crime Prevention Studies is published annually by Criminal Justice Press. Volumes 1-18 are available in full text. Selected chapters are also provided for other volumes. Abstracts of the entire series beginning in 1993 to the present are available.

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