The script can be used as a procedural map to identify the points where the crime commission process should stop.

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Developing a crime reduction strategy involves deciding what part of the crime commission process should be prevented or encouraged.

Once the crime commission process is represented as a discrete-event model,

you should systematically look for ways to:

• influence the offender’s decision
• influence the offender’s attempt to commit an action
• influence the completion and outcome of an action

Example:

• S₁ – location: outside a house
• S₂ – location: inside a house
• A₁₂ – entering in someone else’s house

Influence decision	deter dissuade	increase the perceived risk increase the perceived effort
Influence attempt	incapacitate	arrest the offender
Influence (the outcome of) the action	introduce a physical obstacle	introduce a gate and a lock