ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of some of the debates and emerging issues in relation to business and crime prevention. It focuses on business responses to crime threats. Studies of commercial victimization tend to focus on measuring direct crime threats to businesses rather than assessing the impact of crime. Most studies of business crime prevention have paid very little attention to the role of corporate security departments - sometimes referred to as in-house or proprietary units. The chapter outlines some of the 'commercial security consumption' literature. While there has been a range of reviews of individual security measures which are used to protect businesses including Closed Circuit Television, tags, alarms and security guards to cite just some examples, there has not been any independent analysis of the effectiveness of corporate security departments. The chapter considers business involvement in partnerships and some concluding remarks are made.
