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URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Knowledge sharing and networking for professionals and academics in urban development
LINK: Communities and Local Government
A UK Government department
VEHICLE BARRIERS AND BOLLARDS
PAS 68:2010 Impact test specifications for vehicle security barriers
PAS 69:2006 Guidelines for the specification and installation of vehicle security barriers
Sold Secure
Sold Secure is a test house operated by the Master Locksmiths Association. Products are awarded Bronze (lowest), Silver and Gold (highest) security standards
VEHICLE PARKING
LINK: British Parking Association
The Impact of the Design and Layout of Car Parking on Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour
Published 2012 Dr. Rachel Armitage University of Huddersfield
VEHICLE SECURITY
Stolen Vehicle Tracking Version 1.4 ACPO and Home Office Guidance to Companies on Police Policy
Michelle Gardner Richard Hartley
Published by the Home Office Scientific Development Branch 2007
Thatcham TQA
Thatcham Quality Accreditations in the following categories: Automotive innovations, opportunist theft deterrent, telemetry systems* and vehicle marking.
*Please note that TQAs for telemetry systems have not been assessed to police guidelines. Instead you should choose a product that is Thatcham ‘category 5’.
Thatcham ‘category 5’ For stolen vehicle tracking and recovery systems offering a level one police response
Vehicle crime reduction: Turning the corner
Police research series paper 119
Joanna Sallybanks and Rick Brown
Published by Home Office 1999
Tackling Car Crime: The nature and extent of the problem
Crime Prevention Unit paper 32
Barry Webb and Gloria Laycock
Published by Home Office 1992
Includes some interesting historical information about car crime
Car Theft in England and Wales: The Home Office Car Theft Index
Crime Prevention Unit paper 33
George Houghton
Published by Home office 1992
Criteria for theft resistant number plates
Published by Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 2006
BS AU 145d: 1998 Specification for retroreflecting number plates
LINK: The AA
Further vehicle security advice
LINK: Thatcham
Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre
LINK: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Reducing criminal opportunity: vehicle security and vehicle crime
Published by the Home Office January 2016
LINK: International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (UK Branch)
Membership of IAATI consists of police officers, vehicle manufacturers, insurers, government employees and private investigators, all of whom are involved with and interested in reducing vehicle crime, and detecting car thieves.
VICTIMS OF CRIME
A independent charity for victims and witnesses of crime in England and Wales
Provides information about how victims and witnesses should be treated within the Criminal Justice System (England and Wales)
VIOLENCE
A History of Violence A video lecture by Professor Steven Pinker
Edge Master Class 2011
How Lead Exposure Relates to Temporal Changes in IQ, Violent Crime, and Unwed Pregnancy
Rick Nevin's original research paper 1999
An independent charity that is taking a stand against the walk-on-by culture that fuels street violence, feeds fear and fractures communities
LINK: Violence against women: an EU-wide survey. Main results report
Published by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights March 2014
