10.2190/F61L-PM79-FA5Y-C69U F61LPM79FA5YC69U 4 Environmental Factors and Commercial Burglary 49 56 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 F61LPM79FA5YC69U.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=F61LPM79FA5YC69U 1 Jack L. Nasar Department of City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University Burglary in commercial settings is an important target for crime prevention through environmental design. This study investigated the relationship of several environmental variables to reported commercial burglaries in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1979. For each X² analysis, a random sample of burglarized facilities was cast into appropriate cells for actual values, and an equal number of randomly selected facilities was cast into appropriate cells for expected values. The analysis indicated negative relationships between commercial burglary and cleanliness, presence of vegetation, corner location, major thoroughfares, low density of stores on major thoroughfares, and closeness to major thoroughfares. In addition an interaction was found between distance to central business district and street type. J. W. McKay, CPTED in a Commercial Setting, <i>Nations Cities</i>, pp. 17-19, December 1977. Westinghouse National Issues Center, <i>CPTED Technical Guideline 3 Assessing the Fear of Crime</i>, Prepared for the U. S. Department of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Washington, D. C., 1976. J. M. Tien, T. A. Repetto, and L. Hanes, <i>Elements of CPTED</i>, Prepared for U. S. Department of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Washington, D. C., 1976. V. Rouse and H. Rubenstein, Section C Annotated Bibliography, <i>Crime in Public Housing: A Review of Major Issues and Selected Crime Reduction Strategies</i>, Vol. II, Prepared for Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, Washington, D. C., 1978. P. Pablant and J. Baxter, Environmental Correlates of School Vandalism, <i>Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 41</i>, pp. 270-279, 1975. D. C. Duffalo, Convenience Stores, Armed Robbery and Physical Environment Features, <i>American Behavioral Scientist, 20</i>:2, pp. 227-247, 1976.