Lighting should be used in conjunction with barrier systems deployed to protect assets. Barrier systems are designed to directly impact intruder's bypass attempts by affecting what?

Lighting should be used in conjunction with barrier systems deployed to protect assets. Barrier systems are designed to directly impact intruder's bypass attempts by affecting what?

• A. The intruder's speed, time, and tools necessary to bypass the obstacle
• B. The intruder's choice of route
• C. The intruder's intent to commit a crime
• D. The intruder's recognition of security personnel

Answer: (C)

Barrier systems are meant to deter the potential intruder by influencing their decision to proceed. When lighting and barriers are combined, they raise the perceived risk and potential cost of attempting bypass, making the act less appealing. This directly targets the intruder’s intent to commit the crime—if the idea of succeeding becomes unlikely or not worth the risk, the intruder is less likely to try at all. While barriers can slow movement, require more effort, or push an intruder to choose a different route, those are secondary effects of the obstacle. The design goal in this context is to reduce the desire to attempt the bypass by affecting the decision-making process—the intruder’s intent.

Barrier systems are meant to deter the potential intruder by influencing their decision to proceed. When lighting and barriers are combined, they raise the perceived risk and potential cost of attempting bypass, making the act less appealing. This directly targets the intruder’s intent to commit the crime—if the idea of succeeding becomes unlikely or not worth the risk, the intruder is less likely to try at all.

While barriers can slow movement, require more effort, or push an intruder to choose a different route, those are secondary effects of the obstacle. The design goal in this context is to reduce the desire to attempt the bypass by affecting the decision-making process—the intruder’s intent.