Internet Exercise: One application of environmental theory to crime control is electronic article surveillance. For a description and discussion of this technique, go to: (crimeprevention.rutgers.edu/case_studies/risk/entrances/eas_shop.htm)

1. Regarding the chain of 16 large department stores that experimented with electronic article surveillance (EAS) systems, was this technique successful in reducing losses from shoplifting?

Internet Exercise:Place-specific crime prevention is a specific application of crime control through environmental design. Access the following web link: (www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/164488.pdf) After you have downloaded the pdf file, read the "Forward" on page 8.

1. What, exactly, is place-specific crime prevention?
2. How can neighborhoods be redesigned in order to prevent crime?

Internet Exercise: One critical dimension of crime prevention through environmental design is target hardening. Access the following web link: (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_prevention_through_environmental_design)

1. Define target hardening
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2. Make a list of ways that you could apply this concept to your own personal environment (i.e., where you live).