Main entry:

Manaugh, Geoff, author.

Title & Author:

A burglar's guide to the city / Geoff Manaugh.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

[Toronto] : Signal, 2016.
©2016

Description:

296 pages ; 19 cm.

Notes:
"First edition published 2016"--Title page verso.
"Looking at architecture through the eyes of a Burglar"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Space invaders -- Crime is just another way to use the city -- Your building is the target -- Tools of the trade -- Inside job -- A crime is nothing if you can't get away -- Burglary requires architecture.
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

"At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone hoping to break into it. Studying architecture the way a burglar would, Geoff Manaugh takes readers through walls, down elevator shafts, into panic rooms, up to the buried vaults of banks, and out across the rooftops of an unsuspecting city. With the help of FBI Special Agents, reformed bank robbers, private security consultants, the LAPD Air Support Division, and architects past and present, the book dissects the built environment from both sides of the law. Whether picking padlocks or climbing the walls of high-rise apartments, finding gaps in a museum's surveillance routine or discussing home invasions in ancient Rome, A Burglar's Guide to the City has the tools, the tales, and the x-ray vision you need to see architecture as nothing more than an obstacle that can be outwitted and undercut."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780771059131 (paperback)
0771059132

Subject:

Burglary.
Burglary Planning.
Burglars Psychology.
Crime prevention.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Vol avec effraction.
Vol avec effraction Planification.
Cambrioleurs Psychologie.
Criminalité urbaine Prévention.
architecture (discipline)
burglary (social issue)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292610
Call No.: BIB 236971
Status: Available