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Compliance to two city convenience store ordinance requirements.
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Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention [Inj Prev] 2016 Apr; Vol. 22 (2), pp. 117-22. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Sep 02. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- 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.<br />Purpose: We evaluated the level of compliance to CPTED guidelines specified by convenience store safety ordinances effective in 2010 in Dallas and Houston, Texas, USA.<br />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 before and after the effective dates of their city's ordinance. Data were collected in 2011 and analysed in 2012-2014.<br />Results: Overall, 9% of stores were in full compliance, although 79% reported being registered with the police departments as compliant. Compliance was consistently significantly higher in Dallas than in Houston for many requirements and by store type. Compliance was lower among single owner-operator stores compared with corporate/franchise stores. Compliance to individual requirements was lowest for signage and visibility.<br />Conclusions: Full compliance to the required safety measures is consistent with industry 'best practices' and evidence-based workplace violence prevention research findings. In Houston and Dallas compliance was higher for some CPTED requirements but not the less costly approaches that are also the more straightforward to adopt.<br /> (Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/)
- Subjects :
- Attitude
Commerce statistics & numerical data
Environment Design
Female
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Incidence
Male
Risk Assessment
Texas epidemiology
Theft statistics & numerical data
Violence statistics & numerical data
Commerce organization & administration
Guideline Adherence
Occupational Health
Primary Prevention
Theft prevention & control
Violence prevention & control
Workplace
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1475-5785
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26337569
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041582