NCJ Number
29534
Date Published
1973
Length
38 pages
Annotation
QUICK REFERENCE BOOKLET SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR USE BY RETURED PERSONS AND SENIOR ADULTS IN DETERRING AND DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST PERSONAL AND PROPERTY CRIMES.
Abstract
ALTHOUGH SEVERAL CHAPTERS DEAL WITH PERSONAL SAFETY, SUCH AS WHILE WALKING THE STREETS AND WHILE DRIVING AN AUTOMOBILE, MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS ON SAFEGUARDING PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM LOSS THROUGH ROBBERY, BURGLARY, AND FRAUD. THE EMPHASIS THROUGHOUT THE GUIDE IS ON INFORMING THE PERSON WHO MAY BE LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME OF THE PATTERNS OF THE MOST COMMON PERSONAL AND PROPERTY CRIMES, AND OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF PERSONALLY PREVENTING AND DETERRING THOSE CRIMES. SEPARATE CHAPTERS ARE DEVOTED TO SUCH AREAS OF CONCERN AS AVOIDING PURSESNATCHING AND PICKPOCKETING, DETERRING BURGLARY OF THE HOME, CHOOSING LOCKS AND ALARMS, AND HANDLING CON ARTISTS.