Translation of a robbery and violence prevention program to high risk businesses

描述（由申请人提供）：以证据为基础的计划，包括员工培训，现金处理程序，安全管理，室内照明，能见度，访问控制和标志，以表明安全程序，在减少抢劫和暴力犯罪在零售和服务环境中取得了巨大的成功。这些计划的实施成本很低，这对许多资金和时间有限的小企业来说很重要。然而，大多数小企业很少或根本没有实施计划建议，而且实施的内容往往是错误的。我们提出了一项转化研究，以确定有效和可持续的方法，向小型零售和服务企业传播基于证据的抢劫和暴力预防计划，并将这些方法转化为有效的计划实施。我们将与拉斯维加斯大都会警察局、皮尔斯县（华盛顿州）治安部门和圣拉蒙（加利福尼亚州）警察局合作，以实现以下目标：“确定有效的方法，以达到抢劫和暴力犯罪的高风险企业，特别是小企业，以提高计划的参与度;“确定有效的方法，增加遵守方案的建议，并“衡量抢劫和暴力犯罪率前和后的方案实施。警察机构将使用三种广泛的方法传播该方案：（1）警察发起的个人层面的方法（例如，接近在每日犯罪日志上识别的企业），（2）警方发起的社区级方法（例如，向社区和专业团体展示该计划），以及（3）商业发起的方法（例如，社区合作伙伴促销）。一个前瞻性的设计将被用来跟踪业务在警察管辖范围内超过一年的时间，以评估计划的遵守和犯罪的变化。将进行过程评估，以描述招聘战略如何达到合格的企业，哪些方案建议被交付给企业，企业实施方案建议的程度，以及警方传播方案所需的资源。将进行一项成果评估，以审查该方案在降低抢劫和暴力犯罪率方面的有效性。拟议的项目是北卡罗来纳州大学，爱荷华州大学和国家职业安全与健康研究所之间的合作，建立在现有的试点，以及长期的研究历史，导致设计和评估的程序和材料。拟议的工作是关键的下一步，导致长期，可持续的努力，实施抢劫和暴力预防计划到高风险的小企业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Evidence-based programs that include employee training, cash handling procedures, safe management, interior lighting, visibility, access control, and signage to indicate safety procedures have shown great success in reducing robbery and violent crime in retail and service settings. These programs are inexpensive to implement, which is important for many small businesses with financial and time constraints. However, most small businesses have implemented very few to none of the program recommendations, and what is implemented is often done so incorrectly. We propose a translational study to identify effective and sustainable methods to disseminate an evidence- based robbery and violence prevention program to small retail and service businesses and translate these methods into effective program implementation. We will work with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Pierce County (WA) Sheriff's Department, and San Ramon (CA) Police Department, each of which serve jurisdictions of varying sizes and business demographics, to accomplish the following aims: " Identify effective methods of reaching businesses at high risk of robbery and violent crime, particularly small businesses, to increase program participation; " Identify effective methods of increasing compliance to program recommendations, and; " Measure robbery and violent crime rates pre- and post- program implementation. The police agencies will disseminate the program using three broad approaches: (1) police-initiated, individual- level approaches (e.g., approaching businesses identified on a daily crime log), (2) police-initiated, community- level approaches (e.g., presenting the program to community and professional groups), and (3) business- initiated approaches (e.g., community partner promotions). A prospective design will be used to follow businesses within the police jurisdictions over a one-year period to assess program compliance and changes in crime. A process evaluation will be conducted to describe how well recruitment strategies reached eligible businesses, which program recommendations were delivered to the businesses, the extent to which businesses implemented program recommendations, and the resources needed by the police to disseminate the program. An outcome evaluation will be conducted to examine the effectiveness of the program in reducing rates of robbery and violent crime. The proposed project is a collaboration between the University of North Carolina, University of Iowa, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, building on an existing pilot, as well as a long history of research that led to the design and evaluation of the program and materials. The proposed work is the critical next step leading to long-term, sustainable efforts to implement robbery and violence prevention programs into high-risk small businesses.