Safety and Security

Security professionals have a name for the mistake most homeowners make: relying on a single line of defense. Security researchers describe effective protection as "layered protection" or "defense in depth" — a strategy built on the idea that no single...

Burglars don't case a house for hours before deciding whether to break in. A 2013 study out of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology — "Understanding Decisions to Burglarize from the Offender's Perspective"...