BOOK REVIEWS: CONTINGENCY PLANNING \ DISASTER MANAGEMENT 21st Century Security and CPTED: Designing for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Crime Prevention, Second Edition.

By Randall I. Atlas, Ph.D.; Reviewed By Glen Kitteringham, CPP

CRC Press. Available from ASIS, item #2078; 954 pages; $120 (ASIS member), $132 (nonmember). Also available as e-book

As good as the first edition of 21st Century Security and CPTED was, this second edition surpasses it. Atlas, known in security circles as a consummate professional, has done an outstanding job in creating this second edition, which has twice as much material as the original edition. It also includes voluminous references and hundreds of outstanding clarifying photos in both color and black-and-white. Using humor and candid insight he incorporates all the concepts of CPTED, including design, construction, security countermeasures, and risk management strategies, and merges them into a highly informative reference manual for security practitioners at every level.

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