The Hazard of Bulglarly

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The Hazard of Bulglarly The hazard of burglary has significant impacts on people and the

environment in which they live, and these can be identified easily.

Consequently this hazard can be prevented and/ or managed effectively.

A hazard is an event that affects or threatens people or property.

Burglary is a common, frequently occurring hazard. Burglary is the

unauthorised entry into a building as a trespasser in order to steal.

An offence of burglary is recorded by the police if a person enters

any building as a trespasser with intent to commit an offence of

theft, rape, GBH, or unlawful damage. Burglary does not necessarily

involve forced entry. The 2001 British Crime Survey (BSC) estimates

that there were a total of 1,063,000 burglaries against domestic

properties in the year 2000. The majority of burglaries occur in urban

areas and are less frequent in rural areas.

Burglary has many different types of impacts on people and the

surrounding environment, these are not always easy to identify as

people are reluctant to admit any emotional upset, especially males.

One of these impacts is the cost of burglary. The mean cost of

burglary in 1998 was £1416. The factors that affect this cost the most

are property stolen, damage to inside of property and damage to

outside of property. Burglary also increases the cost of the

individuals home insurance and if the problem is reoccurring the

insurance premiums for the whole area will increase as a result of

this. The most common goods to be stolen are electrical goods and

cash, one of the main effects of burg...

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Finally marking property with a pen which can be read under

ultraviolet light is an effective way of increasing the chance that

stolen property may be returned to the owner if recovered by the

police. Simple common mistakes are also a cause of burglary which can

easily be prevented such as having large amounts of cash on display or

within the property, leaving car keys on display and leaving doors

unlocked. These can easily be avoided and will prevent a sneak-in

burglar from easily removing expensive property such as cars.

Overall burglary is a common problem which can be managed and even

prevented by spending a small amount of money on security devices such

as a burglar alarm and strong door locks. Increasing awareness of the

problem also decreases burglary numbers.

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