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Study: Majority of convicted burglars say alarms are a deterrent

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    A recent study funded by AIREF found that the presence of an alarm system was a major deterrent among convicted burglars when it came to target selection.

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A recent study funded by the Alarm Industry Research and Education Foundation (AIREF) found that the presence of an alarm system was a strong deterrent when it came to the selection of potential targets by burglars. The report, "Understanding Decisions to Burglarize from the Offender’s Perspective," examined the responses of 422 convicted male and female burglars across three states – North Carolina, Kentucky and Ohio. According to the study, about 60 percent of burglars said that the...
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