Westminster Tissue Creeper

[roberth]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Mtn.man]

Your sposed to shoot through the door with a double barrel shotgun.

Our trash service dude is afraid to come after dark.

[ChadAmberg]

Much so-called security lighting is designed with little thought for how eyes -- or criminals -- operate. Marcus Felson, a professor at the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, has concluded that lighting is effective in preventing crime mainly if it enables people to notice criminal activity as it's taking place, and if it doesn't help criminals to see what they're doing. Bright, unshielded floodlights -- one of the most common types of outdoor security lighting in the country -- often fail on both counts, as do all-night lights installed on isolated structures or on parts of buildings that can't be observed by passersby (such as back doors). A burglar who is forced to use a flashlight, or whose movement triggers a security light controlled by an infrared motion sensor, is much more likely to be spotted than one whose presence is masked by the blinding glare of a poorly placed metal halide "wall pack." In the early seventies, the public-school system in San Antonio, Texas, began leaving many of its school buildings, parking lots, and other property dark at night and found that the no-lights policy not only reduced energy costs but also dramatically cut vandalism.

The University of Illinois conducted a study in Chicago where they increased the amount of light in an area with crime, and crime went up. Clanton Associates developed lighting systems for security at prisons and military bases where the amount of light was decreased and security improved.

So it ends up that criminals have eyes and need to see too. Basically lighting decreases "fear of crime" but increases actual crime.

[hollohas]

So it ends up that criminals have eyes and need to see too. Basically lighting decreases "fear of crime" but increases actual crime.

There are also many studies that show otherwise. I will post a few later.

And BTW, Clanton Associates is located outside Boulder and is one the the KEY players in the Dark Sky movement. One of the main benefits of reducing light a prisons is reducing night time light pollution. That particular design firm is well know for aggressively pursuing the Dark Sky goal. Me thinks there's some bias there. If you want to reduce light pollution at a prison, what's the best way to sell it? Yup, tell them it will be safer.

[Firehaus]

Most burglars are under the influence of something and are sensitive to light is what all the studies I've read said regarding more lighting around the house.


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[rockhound]

I have motion lights on the driveway and porch so that gives me a heads up when someone approaches the house. I never open the door if it's a stranger.

THIS ^^^^

we are on four acres, between my shop and the motion lights on the house it looks like the vegas strip when you appraoch my place after dark.

[TheGrey]

Wow, that's pretty scary. It's a good thing you were home!

I'm worried about home invasions and the troubles that have been in the news lately. My neighborhood has a lot of elderly people and young families.

We need to install better outdoor lighting. We haven't had solicitors since I hung 'No Trespassing' sign. I think I'm earning the reputation of being one mean b!tch.

But I know we could improve our home's safety.

[davsel]

[waxthis]

Something your girlfriend keeps close, when you travel.

[Great-Kazoo]

Took you 3 days to get that? Tough crowd.