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Effectiveness of crime prevention through environmental design in reducing criminal activity in liquor stores: a pilot study.

Casteel C; Peek-Asa C; Howard J; Kraus JF

J Occup Environ Med 2004 May; 46(5):450-458

https://doi.org/10.1097/01.jom.0000126025.14847.b1

20026108

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.

Small-businesses; Retail-workers; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Traumatic-injuries; Statistical-analysis

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

JOEMFM

20040501

Journal Article

ccasteel@email.unc.edu

1485907

Grant

2004

Grant-Number-R18-OH-003412; Grant-Number-R49-CCR-903622

5

1076-2752

OD

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

DC; NC; CA

University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California