SURVEY AND SYSTEM CONCEPTS FOR A LOW COST BURGLARY ALARM SYSTEM FOR RESIDENCES AND SMALL BUSINESSES - EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS INPROVEMENT PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 31852
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 232 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-025-73
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Aerospace Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL INTRUSION ALARM SYSTEMS AND PROVIDES AN ANALYSIS OF BURGLARIES BASED ON STATISTICAL DATA DERIVED FROM CRIME REPORTS.

Abstract

A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CRIME OF BURGLARY, BASED ON DATA OBTAINED FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY SOURCES, IS USED TO DEVELOP A REPRESENTATIVE ANALYTICAL BURGLARY MODEL IN WHICH TYPICAL POLICE RESPONSES TO A BURGLARY CALL ARE EXAMINED. ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS COMPARES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT BURGLARY ALARM SYSTEMS AGAINST POTENTIAL MONETARY LOSSES AND APPREHENSION RATES. THE RESULTS OF THESE ANALYSES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED BURGLARY ALARM SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING: 1) SIMPLE SENSORS WHICH CAN DISCRIMINATE AND RESPOND TO HUMAN INTRUSION AND YET BE IMMUNE TO OTHER SIGNALS SUCH AS THOSE COMMON TO THE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT; 2) A MEANS FOR INEXPENSIVELY COMMUNICATING THE ALARM DATA FROM THE INSTALLATION TO THE POLICE OR AN ALARM COMPANY (CURRENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION OF INTRUSION DATA FROM AN ALARM INSTALLATION DEPENDS PRIMARILY ON LEASED TELEPHONE LINES, WHICH ARE BECOMING MORE SCARCE AND MORE EXPENSIVE EACH YEAR); AND 3) NEW CONCEPTS FOR LOGIC CONTROL OF ALARM SYSTEMS TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF FALSE ALARMS EXPERIENCED WITH CURRENT ALARM SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)