Knowing the importance of a security system can save your life and the life of those you love. Many people feel that they cannot benefit from a security system, but here at Vision Security we feel that everyone can, and will benefit from an alarm system. Below you will find the Rutgers study which proves that everyone does need a security system.

Researchers concentrated on analyzing crime data provided by the Newark Police Department. “Data showed that a steady decrease in burglaries in Newark between 2001 and 2005 coincided with an increase in the number of registered home burglar alarms,” said study author Dr. Seungmug (a.k.a. Zech) Lee, who received his doctoral degree from SCJ in 2008 and presently teaches at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. “The study credits the alarms with the decrease in burglaries and the city’s overall crime rate.”

Researchers also pointed to an earlier study based on interviews with burglars (“Burglars on the Job 1994,” Northeastern University Press) to support their conclusions. That study concluded, “Most offenders, though, wanted to avoid alarms altogether and, upon encountering such devices, abandoned all thought of attacking the dwelling.”

The increase of burglar alarms did appear to explain the decrease of residential burglaries once the effect of all other independent had been taken into account.

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