Security issue: Ram raid - Revision history

Olav: /* Social impact */

2013-07-29T09:54:51Z

Social impact

Olav: /* Description */

2013-07-29T09:53:47Z

Description

Olav: /* Description */

2013-07-29T09:51:02Z

Description

Olav at 09:47, 29 July 2013

2013-07-29T09:47:19Z

Alexander: /* Social impact */

2013-06-27T16:03:36Z

Social impact

Florian at 09:05, 26 June 2013

2013-06-26T09:05:13Z

Gerdien: /* Mobility impact */

2013-04-09T11:26:45Z

Mobility impact

Gerdien: /* Mobility impact */

2013-04-09T11:24:04Z

Mobility impact

Albert: Text replace - "Reaction force" to "Intervention force"

2013-03-27T11:32:21Z

Text replace - "Reaction force" to "Intervention force"

Gerdien: /* Mobility impact */

2013-03-04T13:50:44Z

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 == Impacts ==
 ===Social impact===
-Ram raid compounds the black economy by facilitating stolen goods to be sold illegally. This has an impact on revenue achieved by national governments, and could also have an impact on provision of social service/welfare.
+Ram raid fuels the black economy by facilitating stolen goods to be sold illegally. This has an impact on revenue achieved by national governments, and could also have an impact on provision of social service/welfare.
 ===Economic impact===

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 This act is occurring at least since the mid 1930s. The term came into widespread use after a series of such raids in Belfast in 1979 which were covered in news reports, and in countries such as Australia it inspired series of similar crimes.
-<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5uvkfoghUo</ref>Notably, large trucks are used to break into technology companies and steal high-value equipment for resale on the [[wikipedia:black market|black market]].
+Notably, large trucks are used to break into technology companies and steal high-value equipment for resale on the [[wikipedia:black market|black market]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5uvkfoghUo</ref>
-Out of town retail parks and industrial parks are often targets due to their largely deserted nature after day time business hours, together with the relatively high-value products often on sale (e.g. electronics).
+Out of town retail parks and industrial parks are often targets after day time business hours due to their desertedness, together with the relatively high-value products often on sale (e.g. electronics).
-In recent years, ram raiding with excavators/diggers to target ATM machines, has risen significantly<ref>for example in July 2012 (UK example): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-19026835</ref>.
+In recent years, ram raiding using excavators/diggers to target ATM machines has risen significantly<ref>for example in July 2012 (UK example): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-19026835</ref>.
 == Contributing circumstances ==

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 == Description ==
-This act has occurred since at least the mid 1930s. The term came into widespread use after a series of such raids in Belfast in 1979 that was covered in news reports and in countries such as Australia that inspired a series of similar crimes.
+This act is occurring at least since the mid 1930s. The term came into widespread use after a series of such raids in Belfast in 1979 which were covered in news reports, and in countries such as Australia it inspired series of similar crimes.
 <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5uvkfoghUo</ref>Notably, large trucks are used to break into technology companies and steal high-value equipment for resale on the [[wikipedia:black market|black market]].

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-[[Image:ramraid.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Results of a ram raid]]'''Ram raid''' is a particular technique for [[Security issue: Burglary|burglars]] to gain access to primarily commercial premises, by means of driving -usually stolen- vehicles into locked or closed entrances, exits, windows, or walls.
+[[Image:ramraid.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Results of a ram raid]]'''Ram raid''' is a particular technique for [[Security issue: Burglary|burglars]] to gain access to, primarily, commercial premises by means of driving - usually stolen - vehicles into locked or closed entrances, exits, windows, or walls.
 == Description ==

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 == Impacts ==
 ===Social impact===
-* Compounds the black economy by facilitating stolen goods to be sold illegally. This has an impact on revenue achieved by national governments, and could impact on social service/welfare provision.
+Ram raid compounds the black economy by facilitating stolen goods to be sold illegally. This has an impact on revenue achieved by national governments, and could also have an impact on provision of social service/welfare.
 ===Economic impact===

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 ===Mobility impact===
-A location or building has a higher risk for ram raid when it is easily accessible by large vehicles (trucks, vans). In order to prevent ram raids, locations which are more likely to suffer from ram raids (banks etc.) can be protected against ram raid by making it less accessible to (large) vehicles, for example by placing [[bollard]]s. However, that would have an impact of the mobility and [[accessibility]] in general of that area. For example, one could lower the accessibility of a street for large trucks by putting a barrier on a certain height which allows person cars but not larger trucks or buses, or by making the street narrower. That would also have an impact on the accessibility of e.g. normal public transport (buses) or delivery of goods to shops with trucks. This can be an undesirable side effect of such measures on mobility.
+A location or building has a higher risk for ram raid when it is easily accessible by large vehicles (trucks, vans). In order to prevent ram raids, locations which are more likely to suffer from ram raids (banks etc.) can be protected against ram raid by making it less accessible to (large) vehicles, for example by placing [[bollard]]s.
+However, that would have an impact of the mobility and [[accessibility]] in general of that area. For example, one could lower the accessibility of a street for large trucks by putting a barrier on a certain height which allows person cars but not larger trucks or buses, or by making the street narrower. That would also have an impact on the accessibility of e.g. normal public transport (buses) or delivery of goods to shops with trucks. This can be an undesirable side effect of such measures on mobility. With [[bollard]]s, this effect can be reduced by using movable bollards which can be folded flat to permit certain vehicles to drive over them.
 ===Safety impact===

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 * [[Measure: Target hardening|Target hardening]] can greatly increase the effort needed for criminals to enter the object and thereby reduce the attractiveness of an object. [[Bollard|Bollards]] and roller shutters can greatly increase the effort and time needed for a ram raider to enter the premises, thereby increasing the risk of detection and reduce the attractiveness for and likelihood of burglary.
 * [[measure: Surveillance|Surveillance]] can be effective to detect crime and if overt, to deter potential criminals by raising the perceived risk of apprehension. It can incur high costs if implemented as dedicated observers, either on location or remote. A more natural form of surveillance is surveillance by the inhabitants (also known as 'natural surveillance'), which can also be effective, provided that the commercial area is inhabited and the inhabitants have a good surveillability.
-* [[Measure: Reaction force|Reaction force]] is needed to make detection measures, such as alarms or surveillance, effective.
+* [[Measure: Intervention force|Intervention force]] is needed to make detection measures, such as alarms or surveillance, effective.
 * [[Measure: Directing traffic flows|Directing traffic flows]] [[Image:Bollard ramkraakbeveiliging.jpg|thumb|right|240px|A [[bollard]] (and two big flower boxes which can also function as vehicle stoppers) in front of a shop to deter ram raiders.]]can be effective in preventing traffic to be able to get into a ramming position. A CPNI guide [http://www.cpni.gov.uk/documents/publications/2011/2011001-integrated_security_v1.0.pdf?epslanguage=en-gb] gives, from page 18 and further, some practical advice how design of traffic flows can reduce the risk of ramming.
 * [[Measure: Target removal|Target removal]] can reduced ram raiding by for example providing means of easily removing the [[valuables]] from the store at night.