BY DANIEL M. TROXELL
Various polls conducted in recent years have indicated that crime is one of the utmost concerns of residents in urban areas. Since the early 1980s, the wave of violent crime associated with the drug trade and gang activity has held a grip on many neighborhoods. Residents often do not feel safe in their homes. As a result of these fears, the installation of security bars on private dwellings has increased dramatically.
Although found on commercial occupancies for decades, security bars are now a common site on private dwellings as well. They can often be encountered on basement doors and windows, first floors, and even upper floors of private dwellings.
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