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Retail and small business crime
Practical prevention guides
See also: Occupational violence prevention
General advice
- Business security kit
Victoria Police, 2006 - Small business : is your business secure? A crime prevention kit for small business
Australian Government, 2004 - Curtailing crime - inside and out (PDF 184kB)
Small Business Administration (US), 2003 - Don't discount crime : crime prevention advice for retailers
Home Office (UK), 2002 - Crime and small business (PDF 42kB)
Crime Prevention Victoria, 2001 - Retail crime prevention manual (PDF 186kB)
Cities of Unley and Mitcham, 2001 - Preventing retail crime
Susan Geason and Paul R Wilson, 1992 - Crime prevention service : preventing crime against your business
Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice. Advice for preventing crimes against your business in practical and inexpensive ways - Bizsafe fact sheets (multilingual)
New South Wales Attorney-General's Department. Business safety fact sheets in Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Arabic - Fact sheets
NRMA and New South Wales Police - Business crime advice
Thames Valley Police (UK) - Business and retail crime reduction toolkit
Crime Reduction (UK) - Crime prevention for business
Australian Federal Police - How to protect your business
Business Crime Direct (UK) - Retail Crime Operation
West Midlands Police, Birmingham City Council, UK - Retailer's kit
City of Greater Dandenong Council, Victoria - Retail security : don't discount it!
Association of Convenience Stores (UK) - Small retailers in deprived areas (UK)
Good practice case studies - Understanding and minimising business crime
ACT Policing
Theft and burglary
- Bag checking - take a little peek and save a fortune (PDF 75kB)
Cities of Unley and Mitcham, South Australia - Burglary of retail establishments
Ronald V Clarke. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing (US), 2002 - Cash management - remove the temptation, remove the risk (PDF 64kB)
Cities of Unley and Mitcham, South Australia - Guidelines for the checking of bags and parcels in retail stores
Australian Retailers Association - Preventing retail theft
AICrime reduction matters, 2004 - Preventing shoplifting | Preventing employee theft
Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice. Crime prevention service - Shoplifting
Ronald V Clarke. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing (US), 2002 - Shopstealing self assessment sheet (PDF 527kB)
AIC and National Crime Prevention Program, 2001
Robbery
- Armed hold-ups and cash handling : a guide to protecting people from armed hold-ups (PDF 87kB)
Western Australia Department of Consumer and Employment Protection - Cash management - remove the temptation, remove the risk (PDF 64kB)
Cities of Unley and Mitcham, South Australia - Responding to holdups - a personal trauma (PDF 173kB)
Cities of Unley and Mitcham, South Australia - Robbery and armed hold-ups self assessment sheet (PDF 529kB)
AIC and National Crime Prevention Program - Robbery and theft business security awareness
ACT Policing - Robbery - Your money or your life
Rutgers University Crime prevention service. Hints for businesses, employees and taxi drivers - The prevention of robbery at building society branches (PDF 121kB)
Claire Austin. Home Office (UK), 1988 - Violence in the workplace : preventing armed robbery : a practical handbook
Claire Mayhew, 2000 - Workcover NSW fact sheets and guides
- Managing the risk of robbery and violence in bottle shops
- Managing the risk of robbery and violence in convenience stores and newsagencies
- Managing the risk of robbery and violence in pharmacies
- Managing the risk of robbery and violence in service stations
- Managing the risk of robbery and violence in supermarkets and department stores
- Robbery and violence in the retail industry
Fraud and cybercrime
- Check that cheque - some simple rules (PDF 59kB)
Cities of Unley and Mitcham, South Australia - E-crime : a crime prevention kit for small business
Australian Government, 2004 - Fraud prevention
Queensland Police Service - Fraud and cybercrime advice and information
Fraud Advisory Panel (UK) - General fraud prevention
Queensland Office of Fair Trading - Good practice in e-tailing
Crime Reduction (UK) - Information security fact sheet (PDF 59kB)
Department of Trade and Industry (UK) - Invoice fraud
Queensland Office of Fair Trading - Preventing fraud
Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice, Crime prevention service. Practical advice for retail businesses - Scams : protect your business from them
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Drug issues
- A guide for business : practical ideas for responding to illicit drugs (PDF 118kB)
Frankston City Council, Victoria
Property damage
- Arson alert for shops and stores : 23 ways to stop your business becoming an arson statistic (PDF 197kB)
Arson Prevention Bureau (UK), 1998 - Graffiti vandalism - how to reduce your risk (PDF 67kB)
Cities of Unley and Mitcham, South Australia - Preventing graffiti
Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice, Crime prevention service. Practical advice for businesses - Retailer's anti-graffiti resource kit
New South Wales Government
Violent/aggressive customers
- Dealing with aggressive and offensive customers (PDF 66kB)
Cities of Unley and Mitcham, South Australia - Preventing client-initiated violence : a practical handbook
Claire Mayhew, 2000 - Preventing violence within organisations : a practical handbook
Claire Mayhew, 2000