Eck also defines the two types of regulatory crime control strategies as ends-based and means-based.
First, the Chula Vista police department motel project is an example of the effect of size on risky facilities.
Second, the SMART policing team located in Oakland, California, aimed toward reducing drug activity and cleaning up the environment at the places with problems.
Lorraine G. Mazerolle reported the results of a randomised field study conducted in Oakland, CA.
The study consisted of civil remedies were used to target drug, crime and disorder problems in 50 experimental places (1998).
Apparently, about two blocks around the buildings were an active drug market that consisted of young teens that would lookout on rooftops (1999).
In deciding whether or not the Beat Health program worked with their regulatory crime control efforts, the answer would be that there were positive outcomes.
According to the Handbook of Policing, there have been a few concerns about crime control practices that have come up over the years, such as miscarriages of justice, abuse of power and erosions of civil liberties.
Eck explains that, "The fact that crime is heavily concentrated on particular people, places and things has important implications for prevention" (226, 2007).
If place managers make the effort to reduce criminal activity within their establishment, then they become a very important crime prevention implication.