Effectiveness of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Reducing Criminal Activity in Liquor Stores: A Pilot Study

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• Personal Author:
  Casteel C ; Howard J ; Kraus JF ; Peek-Asa, Corinne
• Description:
  Liquor store employees experience disproportionately higher rates of workplace injury death than employees in any other retail setting. However, efforts to introduce workplace violence prevention programs into liquor stores have been minimal. This study examines the effectiveness of a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design intervention in reducing criminal activity in Santa Monica, California liquor stores. Nine stores enrolling in the study received an individualized intervention safety plan; the remaining 13 served as a comparison group. Mixed-effects Poisson regression was used to examine intervention effectiveness. The largest reductions in criminal activity occurred for robbery and shoplifting outcomes. We conclude that the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design program reduced crime and injury in liquor stores and educated small businesses about the risks associated with retail violence and the countermeasures that can be taken. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Injuries Injury-prevention Retail-workers Small-businesses Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; District of Columbia ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  450-458
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026108
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2004 May; 46(5):450-458
• Contact Point Address:
  Carri Casteel, MPH, PhD, Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 137 East Franklin Street, Suite 500, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7505
• Email:
  ccasteel@email.unc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19960930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20000929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f9ceda4595ad8618e079412f971ca78e731c0e390d676d0efc1051abe27fd0f752d3763f835835ce4e73b95ba925481947f2befdd5828eb63ac2fd1cdc22fdb5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197195/cdc_197195_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 239.05 KB ]