Wealthy Home Invasions Puts the Wealthy on Alert – WSJ

Wealthy Home Invasions Puts the Wealthy on Alert – WSJ



The CZ Gate Access Process Does Not Prevent Crime of Opportunity, Rather it Provides an Opportunity for Crime





November 15, 2007

Today’s WSJ article titled Wealthy Home Invasions Puts the Wealthy on Alert, Lax Security Often Open Doors to Increasingly Brazen Crimes; the Buffets Uninvited Guest, echoes the message often delivered by the CotoBuzz Journal: The CZ Gate Access Process Does Not Prevent Crime of Opportunity, Rather it Provides an Opportunity for Crime

The article makes the argument that the reason for an increase in home invasions is because the “the numbers of rich people with homes to plunder has risen fast”, but more importantly, traditional targets such as banks, stores and offices are now more fortified than ever.

The article goes on to urge wealthy and high profile individuals to step up security at home. Among the recommendations are:

Do not accept unscheduled deliveries
Install voice-video intercom system
Order background checks on all employees and contractors.


Coto de Caza Gate access control as currently implemented is a waste. There are those who argue that the Sheriff is responsible for crime and vandalism – missing the crime of opportunity concept altogether.

Consider the attempted rape in December 2006: The CZ BOD was quick to say that the perpetrator was not a CZ resident – however, for all practical purposes, the fact that he was allowed in with no questions asked, makes him a “CZ insider”.

The 10 principles of crime opportunity

1. Opportunities play a role in causing all crime, not just common property crime

2. Crime opportunities are highly specific

3. Crime opportunities are concentrated in time and space – Dramatic differences are found from one address to another even in a high crime area.

4. Crime opportunities depend on everyday movements of activity – Offenders and targets shift according to their routine activities (eg. work, school leisure). For example burglars visit houses in the day when the occupants are out at work or school.

5. One crime produces the opportunities for another – For example, a successful break-in may encourage the offender to return in the future or a youth who has his bike stolen may feel justified in taking someone else's as a replacement.

6. Some products offer more tempting crime opportunities – For example easily accessible electrical items such as DVD players and mobile phones are attractive to burglars and robbers.

7. Social and technological changes produce new crime opportunities – Products are most vulnerable in their 'growth' and 'mass marketing' stages, as demand for them is at its highest.

8. Crime can be prevented by reducing opportunities – The opportunity reducing methods of situational crime prevention cut across everyday life, though they can be tailored to specific situations.

9. Reducing opportunities does not usually displace crime

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