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Home Security:
Recap

Home security means fortifying your home with hardware and electronics – and making sure your entire family uses them properly as well as observing all the guidance in this section. Doing so would prevent the vast majority of America’s 2.9 million burglaries each year. Choose how safe you want to be.

Safeguard your home security even if you live in Sleepy Valley - predators like to prowl where the prey least expect them.

Prevent the vast majority of home intrusions - whether by burglar or invader by making sure all your family members use these security strategies. Of course, predators will always find prey – but the most cautious targets will be spared.

For complete burglary prevention and the best home security products - from home security hardware to burglar alarm equipment - see:

• Home Security - Overview
• Burglary Prevention: what burglars hope you don't know.
• Home Safety Tips: what to do when your doorbell rings.
• Break-In: Most homes are easy to invade. Make yours burglarproof.
• Walk-In: Half of all home invasions are through unlocked doors and windows! It's easy to always keep them locked at all times with the guidance in the Security Products Buying Guide: Home - Intro (below).
• Push-In: Never blindly open the door when someone knocks. If you are pushed-in, do not stay inside with him (even if other family members are home) – flee to the outside for help. See Hostage Taking. Better to use an intercom from www.smarthome.com.
• Mug-In: If you’re ambushed outside your home and ordered to go inside, do not go! As with a push-in, you’re better off outside. See Kidnapping.
• Scam-In: Do not open the door, not even an inch, to any stranger - no matter what they say - scam-artists are master manipulators (see Push-In above).
• Cracks in Security: subtle variations of Break-In, Walk-In, Push-In, Mug-In, and Scam-In home intrusions.
• College - Apartment & Dormitory Security: staying safe despite careless roommates.
• Apartment Security: how renters can keep safe FAQ.
• Good Neighbors: the final layer of home protection.
• Security Product Buying Guide: Home - Intro
• Door Reinforcement
• Window Reinforcement
• Garage & Yard Reinforcement
• Simple Home Electronics
• Alarm Systems
• Flaws in Electronic Security
• Apartment & Dormitory Security
• Safe Room
• Recap: for a quick summary of this entire section (YOU’RE NOW ON THIS PAGE).

My thanks to the law enforcement faculty at the www.Crime-Prevention-Association-of-Michigan.net (CPAM).

Recommended Reading
• How to Protect Yourself from Crime by Ira A. Lipman. Reader’s Digest Association 1997.
• Protecting Your Life, Home, and Property by Captain Robert L Snow. Plenum Press 1995.
• Tough Target by Detective J.J. Bittenbinder. Running Press 1997.

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