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Commercial Burglary

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Burglars may target residential or corporate property, of which some of the latter will be commercial premises but others not. While this chapter focuses on commercial burglary, the distinctions between this and both other corporate and residential burglary are sometimes more apparent than real. Thus, a school operated by local government would be excluded from a review of commercial burglary but a private school would qualify. Equally, the burglary of a small business might include the residential premises of the owner who lives on site; crimes on farms may include both farm equipment and personal possessions; and a break-in to an office might involve theft of employees’ personal possessions.

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Mawby, R.I. (2014). Commercial Burglary. In: Gill, M. (eds) The Handbook of Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-67284-4_13

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