Security issue: Raid

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Security issue: Raid

video footage of a raid on a food wholesaler in the Netherlands

Raid is the crime of taking or attempting to take something of value from a commercial venue by force or threat of force or by putting the victim in fear. For the crime of forceful theft from individuals, see robbery, for the crime of burglary by forcing entrance by use of ramming with vehicles, see Ram raid.

Description

  • Commercial venues: shops
  • By force or threat of force (examples)
  • Statistics, types of shops
  • Motive: financial gain

Attributing circumstances

  • Secluded location
  • Limited personnel
  • valuables
  • deserted times

Impacts

  • economic
  • psychological

Measures

  • surveillance
  • reaction force
  • target hardening
  • Access control
  • Reducing attractiveness (no money in register)
  • increasing chance of apprehension

Footnotes and references

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