“…Surveillability is another environmental variable that has been consistently found to be related to the risk of criminal victimization (e.g., Bennett & Wright, 1984;Brown & Altman, 1981;Clarke & Mayhew, 1980;Cromwell et al, 1991;Dietrick, 1977;Jacobs, 1961;Maguire & Bennett, 1982;Mayhew, 1981;Molumby, 1976;Newman, 1972;Poyner, 1983;Repetto, 1974;Scarr, 1973;Waller, 1976;Waller and Okihiro, 1978;Walsh, 1980;Winchester and Jackson, 1982). Essentially, the less visible a target is to neighbors and passersby, the more vulnerable it is to criminal victimization.…”