'Cycle Thieves, We Are Watching You': Impact of a Simple Signage Intervention against Bicycle Theft

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Nettle, Daniel ^a   Nott, Kenneth ^b   Bateson, Melissa ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OFFENDER; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THEFT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BICYCLING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOCATION DIRECTORIES AND SIGNS; THEFT;

EID: 84871190912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051738     Document Type: Article

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