Measures

Measures are provisions made or actions taken to protect an object or subject from risk.

Measure types applied in the process of a criminal act

Measures can be classified by their point of application in the process of a criminal act. From the perspective of a criminal, all measures reduce the perceived attractiveness of a target. Identified points of application are:

• Increasing perceived effort
• Increasing perceived risk
• Decreasing anticipated reward
• Controlling contributing circumstances
• Other

All measure types can be classified in one of these categories. The table below displays for each of the measure types in Securipedia, which point of application it works on.

By clicking the "?" a brief description of the measure is provided.

Increasing perceived effort	Increasing perceived risk	Decreasing anticipated reward	Contributing circumstances	Other
Target hardening	Surveillance	Target removal	Controlling disinhibitors	Deflection
Access control	Intervention force	Removal of crime motivator	Facilitating compliance	Creating awareness / stimulating conscience
Directing traffic flows	Screening		Rule setting
Removing means	Increase punishment		Ownership
			Maintenance