• Who we are

  • Design Against Crime (DAC) is a socially responsive, practice-led research centre located at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London.

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• About bag theft

  • Why prevent bag theft?
  • Bag theft environments
  • Evolution of pockets / bags and pick-pockets
  • ► What are hot products?
    • Mobile phone theft
  • The perpetrator
  • ► Perpetrator techniques
    • Pickpocket 'magic' technique
    • Pickpocket 'artful' techniques for magicians
  • The victim
  • Crime in the future

• What you can do

  • ► Techniques of theft prevention
    • Target hardening
    • Access control
    • Natural surveillance
    • Reduce anonymity
    • Extend guardianship
    • Utilise place managers
    • Formal surveillance
    • Target concealment
    • Target removal
    • Denial of benefits
  • ► Protect your stuff
    • Protect your bag
    • Protect your purse
    • Protect your suitcase
    • Protect your premises
  • ▼ Designs against bag theft
    • Design Against Crime chairs
    • Karrysafe anti theft bags and accessories
    • Zip It!
    • Urban Camouflage
  • Best Anti-Theft Designs for Urban Mobility
  • ► Market Review: Bag-holding clips
    • Hang Bag
    • E-Shape Hanger
    • Bagboy
    • ToteGuard
    • The Purse Hook
    • Chelsea Clip
  • Market Review: ila DUSK
  • CafeWatch Case Study
  • Police-Led Initiatives

• Design archive

  • Grippa
  • Design briefs
  • ► Project case studies
    • The good
    • The bad
    • The ugly
    • The happy
    • The paranoid
    • The silly
  • Light reading
  • Papers & Reports
  • Add your own design against bag theft

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