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Electronic security systems : better ways to crime prevention /
Electronic Security Systems: Better Ways to Crime Prevention teaches the reader about the application of electronics for security purposes through the use of case histories, analogies, anecdotes, and other related materials. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 covers the concepts behind sec...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
1983.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Electronic Security Systems: Better Ways to Crime Prevention; Copyright Page; Foreword; Preface; Table of Contents; Part 1: Systems; Chapter 1. What this book is about and how to use it; The security environment; The user as the focal point; Electronics as an aid to the user; Security and the customer; General arrangement of the book; Use as a handbook; Use in formal training and as a teach yourself aid; Using the index as a glossary; Finding information and ideas; Chapter 2. Thinking security; If you were a villain; Awareness of a risk; The dual question.
- Psychology and the villainDeterrence; Psychology and the user; Limits of responsibility; Defining the problem, seeking solutions; Preparing proposals, authority for implementation; Insurance and police; Security and safety; Discussion points; Chapter 3. Security system concepts; Objectives and motives; Assessment of intrinsic and consequential risks; Matching systems to risk assessment; The value and limitations of physical protection; The functions and limitations of electronic detection; Alarms for perimeters and interiors of buildings; Systems for outdoor perimeters and areas.
- Systems for use within working hoursComponents of typical systems; Collective restraints on system concepts; System integration; Discussion points; Chapter 4. Space detection fundamentals; Space
- understanding something you cannot see; Words; Relating frequency and wavelength; More words; More on Attentuation; Dispersion; Beam Shaping; Being at home with space detection; Discussion points; Chapter 5. Surveying for intruder detection indoors; Origins of requirements; Site surveys; Perimeter detection methods; Space detection methods; System control equipment; Tampering; Alarm signalling.
- Preparation of proposalsAcceptance of proposals; Obligations in implementation; Discussion points; Chapter 6. Movement detection outdoors; Why outdoors?; Physical properties of an intruder; Infra-red beams; Using longer wavelengths; The microwave fence; Alternative properties of the intruder; Vibration sensors; The role and attitude of security personnel; No man's land; Microwave fence and radar sensors; Electret cable and E field fence sensors; Television surveillance; Vulnerable areas and points; Presentation of information; Discussion points; Chapter 7. Surveillance.
- The eye as a source of informationExtending the range of the human eye; CCTV system concepts; Film surveillance and video recording; Security staff safety and costs; Discussion points; Chapter 8. Alarm communication and control; The information to be conveyed; Commmunication methods; Selection of communication methods; Local control panels; Indicator panels; False alarm risks; The final exit door; Discussion points; Chapter 9. Reliability: cause and control of falsealarms; The environment; The users; Interconnections; The equipment; Reaction forces; Building confidence and selling quality.