Work conducted for the Burglar Alarm Industry
Books
Securing Home and Business: A Guide to the Electronic Security Industry. (With E. Blackstone), Butterworth -Heinemann Publishers, 1996.
Burglar Alarm Industry Reports
Residential Security (with A. Buck), Pennsylvania Burglar and Fire Alarm Association, and the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation, May 1991.
Commercial Security: Burglary Patterns and Security Measures (with M. A. Gaffney). Security Industry Association, Washington, D.C., February 1994.
Securing Suburban Homes: The Greenwich Connecticut Case. Alarm Industry research and Education Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1995.
Police Services: The Private Challenge. Independent Policy Report, The Independent Institute, Oakland, Ca. (with E. Blackstone), 1996.
Academic Articles
"Suburban Burglaries, Alarms, and Loss Exposure" (co-authored), CPCU Journal, Vol. 45, No.2, June 1992: 98-107.
"Are Discounts on Homeowners' Premiums for Burglar and Fire Alarms Effective to Insurers?" (Co-authored), CPCU Journal, Vol. 46, No.2, June 1993: 107-111.
"Burglar Alarms and the Choice Behavior of Burglars: A Suburban Phenomenon" (with A. Buck and G. Rengert), Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 21 (5), October 1993: 497-507.
"Burglar and Fire Alarms: Costs and Benefits to the Locality", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 54 (2), April 1995: 145-161.
"Social Cost Benefit Analysis of Commercial and Residential Burglar and Fire Alarms", J. of Policy Modeling, Vol. 18 (1) February 1996: 49-67.
"A Social Cost Benefit Analysis of Residential Alarms", Justice Quarterly, Vol. 13 (1), April 1996: 153-170.
"Costs and benefits of alarms to the community: burglary patterns and security measures in Tredyffrin township, Pennsylvania", Invited article. Security Journal, Vol. 6. 1995: 197-204.
"Spatial and Temporal Attributes of Commercial Burglaries", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 55 (4), October 1996 443-456.
"The Use of Household Survey Data: the Probability of Property Crime Victimization", J. of Economic and Social Measurements, forthcoming.
Security and Public Magazines
"Do Burglar Alarms Deter?" (With A. Buck and M. Porat), National Underwriter, Number 32 "Does
"Burglar Alarms: What do we know about them?" (With A. Buck) 1990. Security Journal, Vol.1, Number 2:101-108.
Articles:
"What Makes a Good Burglary Site", (pp.88-89), April 92.
"Proof that Alarms Really Work", (pp. 78-79), June 92.
"Alarm System Sales: Who Buys, Who Doesn't" (pp.74-75), July 92.
"Alarm Buyers Shop for Quality", (pp.112-113), August 92.
"Profile of a Commercial Burglary", (pp.68-70), October 92.
"Business Security: What Prompt a Sale", (pp.76-78), December 92.
"Security Systems Cut Business Burglary Risks", (pp. 79-80), April 93.
Column: Economic Viewpoint:
Economically Speaking, A False Dispatch Should Carry a Fee", November 1995: 49.
"Numbers Do the Talking: Alarms are Effective", February 1996: 57.
"An Economic False Alarm Solution: Let Dealers Collect Fines", May 1996: 57.
"Are Insurance Discounts Effective", August 1996: 87
Locksmith Ledger International
Articles:
"Should Locksmiths Enter the Alarm Industry more Aggressively?" (With M. Gaffney), January 1994, pp. 24-29.
"The Anatomy of a Suburban Commercial Burglary" (with M. Gaffney), February 1994, pp. 92-94.
"Risk Assessment for Commercial Burglary" (with M. Gaffney), March 1994.
"Profile of a Commercial Alarm Owner" (with M. Gaffney), April 1994: 78-80.
"The Structure of the Installers Market" (with M. Gaffney), May 1994: 44-56.
"Controlling False Alarms", June 1994: 67-70.
"Alarm Owner Satisfaction", July 1994: 72-80.
"Commercial Alarm Effectiveness," (with M. A. Gaffney), August 1994: 96-100.
"Insurance and Alarm Installation", (with M. A. Gaffney) September 1994, pp. 72-78.
"Variances in National Alarm Ordinances," (with M.A. Gaffney), October 1994: 120-123.
"False Alarms: Fines, Effects and Solutions," (with M. A. Gaffney), November 1994: 44-49.
"Central Station Operation," (With M.A. Gaffney), December 1994: 29-33.
"Residential Burglary Patterns", (with M. A. Gaffney), February 1995 66-90.
Security Dealer
"The Residential Security System/Homeowners' Insurance Discount Connection" (with A. Buck, and M.A. Gaffney), April 1993: 28-33.
"Substantiating Effective Security"(with M.A. Gaffney), August 1994: 148-157.
"The Structure of the Security Industry" (with M.A. Gaffney), December 1994: 40-43.
"Applying Planning Theory to False Alarm Reduction" (with M.A. Gaffney), January 1995 78-88.
"Breaking Open A Larger Residential Market", May 1995: 48-52.
"Outside Attraction: Economics and Cost Determine the Financial Viability of the Industry", (with E. Blackstone), August 1995 102-108.
"A Private Answer to a Public Nuisance", (with E. Blackstone), August 1995 90-94.
"Canvassing the Neighborhood: A Comparative Analysis of Alarm Ordinance Activities from the Six Cities Case Study", (with E. Blackstone), February 1996:46-56.
"Keeping a Watchful Eye: On the Cost of Response to False Alarm", August 1996: 102-108.
"Marketing Alarms: New Realities, New Strategies", (with E. Blackstone), October 1996: 56-61.
"Start Up of a Central Station: Is it Economically Desirable?" (With E. Blackstone), August 1997: 138-142.
"Using a Model to Determine Burglary by Specific Home Attributes", January 1998: 106-109.
Other magazines:
"RBOC Entry to the Alarm Industry: Fact or Fantasy?" Security Technology and design. August 1994: 66 - 71.
"Private Guard Response to Alarm Activation", Security technology and Design, April 1995: 54-55.
"Privately managed prisons go before the review board", American City & County, (with E. Blackstone) Vol. 11 (4), April 1996: 40-50.
"Crying wolf with Public Safety", American City & County, (with E. Blackstone), Vol. 111 (10), August 1996: 54- 64.
"Private Ayes: A tale of four cities", American City & County, Vol. 112, (2), February 1997: PS4-PS12.
"How burglars think", Moneysworth, Vol. 2 (9), September 1996: 7-8.
"Burglar Alarms Are Proven Beneficial to Localities" (with A. Buck), Security Sales, July 1993, (pp.50-56).
"Entrepreneurship Flourish in the Alarm Industry", Security Sales, August 1997: 114-118.