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Authors: Geoff Manaugh

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Finally, trying to impress my wife, Nicola Twilley, remains my life’s central motivation; her generosity while I worked on this project, in time, support, editorial feedback, and so much more, was unparalleled. This book is for her.

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

1. Space Invaders

2. Crime Is Just Another Way to Use the City

3. Your Building Is the Target

4. Tools of the Trade

5. Inside Job

6. A Crime Is Nothing If You Can’t Get Away

7. Burglary Requires Architecture

References and Citations

Acknowledgments

Also by Geoff Manaugh

A Note About the Author

Copyright

 

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Copyright © 2016 by Geoff Manaugh

All rights reserved

First edition, 2016

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Manaugh, Geoff, author.

Title: A burglar’s guide to the city / Geoff Manaugh.

Description: First edition. | New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2016]

Identifiers: LCCN 2015034638 | ISBN 9780374117269 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780374710286 (e-book).

Subjects: LCSH: Burglary. | Burglary—Planning. | Burglars—Psychology. | Crime prevention.

Classification: LCC HV6648 .M36 2016 | DDC 364.16/22—dc23

LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2015034638

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