The purpose of this exploratory study is to empirically test the viability of the Bluelight Emergency Automated Communications Network (BEACON) as a crime prevention measure. The theoretical basis for this study is the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) model as it relates to the impact that the physical environment has on crime. / Fourteen parameters of interest were collected and empirically tested. The resulting data was graphically presented by digitized mapping. / A major finding of this research is that the physical presence of BEACONs does not reduce the level of criminal activity. The identification of the clustering of crime sites relative to BEACON locations made this finding possible. / Based upon the result of this study, several policy implications and avenues for future research are discussed. The purpose of this study was to test the crime preventative viability of the BEACON system, and it is this writer's contention that the BEACON system is not a viable crime prevention measure. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-03, Section: A, page: 1328. / Major Professor: Frederic Faust. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1996.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77664 |
| Contributors | Cunningham, Stanley Clifton., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 140 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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