The Falls (Inspector Rebus, Book 12) by Ian Rankin

By Ian Rankin

A scholar has long gone lacking in Edinburgh. She's not only any pupil, notwithstanding, however the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's nearly not anything to move on till DI John Rebus will get an unmistakable intestine feeling that there's extra to this than simply one other runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. leads emerge: a carved wood doll in a toy coffin, present in the student's domestic village, and a web role-playing online game. the traditional and the fashionable, introduced jointly by way of uncomfortable condition ...

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Businesses were asked to list offences committed against 49 Crime at work: studies in security and crime prevention them before and after security upgrades. The response was relatively low (86 replies from 161 recipients of questionnaires), so the results must be interpreted cautiously. Of the 40 businesses in the survey which had installed shutters, 38 had been victimised in the year before the installation. Following the installation of shutters this number was reduced by 43 per cent. Total offences against those 38 businesses victimised prior to installation were also reduced from 265 in the year before installation to 80 in the year following installation, a reduction of 70 per cent.

Businesses were asked to list offences committed against 49 Crime at work: studies in security and crime prevention them before and after security upgrades. The response was relatively low (86 replies from 161 recipients of questionnaires), so the results must be interpreted cautiously. Of the 40 businesses in the survey which had installed shutters, 38 had been victimised in the year before the installation. Following the installation of shutters this number was reduced by 43 per cent. Total offences against those 38 businesses victimised prior to installation were also reduced from 265 in the year before installation to 80 in the year following installation, a reduction of 70 per cent.

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