Evaluation of two city convenience store ordinance programs: compliance to ordinance requirements.

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• Personal Author:
  Chaumont Menéndez C
• Description:
  Background: Robbery-related homicides and assaults are the leading cause of death in retail businesses. Robbery reduction approaches focus on compliance to Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) guidelines. Purpose: We evaluated the level of compliance to CPTED guidelines specified by convenience store safety ordinances effective in 2010 in Dallas and Houston, Texas. Methods: Convenience stores were defined as businesses less than 10,000 square feet that sell grocery items. Store managers were interviewed for store ordinance requirements from August to November 2011, in a random sample of 594 (289 in Dallas, 305 in Houston) convenience stores that were open since before the effective dates of their city's ordinance. Data were collected in 2011 and analyzed in 2012-2014. Results: Overall, 9% of stores were in full compliance, although 79% reported being registered with the police departments as compliant. Compliance was highest for training (79%), cash limit policy (79%), security cameras (73%), alarm systems (71%) and posted trespass affidavit (69%). Compliance was consistently significantly higher in Dallas than in Houston. Compliance was lower among single owner-operator stores compared with corporate/franchise stores. Compliance to individual requirements was lowest for signage and visibility. Conclusions: The Houston and Dallas convenience store compliance ordinances are associated with high compliance rates to some CPTED requirements but not with the less costly and more straightforward requirements. Ordinances can be an effective conduit for promoting CPTED guidelines in retail establishments, but manager understanding, buy-in and enforcement is crucial.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aluminum Silicates Carcinogens Case Reports Dust Lung Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Retail-workers Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-programs Service-industries Statistical-analysis Surveillance Violence-prevention
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  57
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047356
• Citation:
  National Occupational Injury Research Symposium 2015, (NOIRS 2015), May 19-21, 2015, Kingwood, West Virginia. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2015 May; :57
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9dbcf1a0d45b3018c3d7a75c30ab96ee68059c755d0d6fadf5d746ef9bc32b47c57b3c4741ea4e9b0558e6f1133c03aef2735b9a4c62ca76277bda9ae7035913
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181661/cdc_181661_DS1.pdf
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