Tuesday, February 21, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11 R.l. by Paul Dirmeyer DMNJHISCoMemoF PAVs er m ^9 Central America needs more help, mayor says hollered omproDiiw of the "I it vav to athletic Kp n I found t' Personalizing a home deters burglars United Press International I a change Kgan are I FORT WORTH — rently effective way Stfotect your home from 1 ' Hrl: An ap- to help bur glars is to “individualize” or “personalize” it, a Texas Chris- ' I’lian University assistant profes- i,;ado fV soisays. spendings Barbara Brown’s field is psy- ,elleHend«r l0gy f ld s j ie L ,ikes ^ apply Be results or her studies to slll T g( r J-actica! matters, like avoiding jrsehesJ' ^ cr j m j na | invasion of private neno " property — even her own. r nfB The landmark work in the (I P 1 ' 01 ' 1 |ield was done by Oscar New- swereg tBj^ an architect,” she said. “He studied big city housing n * a || J°j ects and found there were ezaml ; wer burglaries in low, ‘cluster’ [inningi 1 housing than in the highrises. ndlessK Jhe c | us t ers have a buffer zone ounir on 8 s l ,, between them, they d 1 residents to do allow the to do a limited amount of decorating, and are 1 sonier, :Sun ( )Unc l ec | by open spaces, anybot Newman found these factors tended to discourage potential sonlhf ! [burglars, while the lack of resi- obabl'' dem identity in the highrises all sup g ave b ur crlars a better break.” HO it, their y body else-, had the If n trip, make a shoi of Louisuf o the coal! >Ut, I ivas too efl “Newman’s recommenda tions were to limit the number of residents using the available space, to increase their surveil- lence capability and to allow them to personalize the appear ance of their apartment units.” Brown worked on her mas ter’s degree at the University of Utah and led a group of under graduate students in a study of a reasonably affluent housing area of Salt Lake City. “I wondered if the same fac tors could protect against crime in a suburban setting, where people have much more control over their surroundings,” she said. “In our first study, we looked at houses that had been bur glarized and others that had not, making comparisons from a list of variables,” she said. “We found the non-burglarized houses were more likely to have ‘symbolic barriers’ — like the owner’s name and address clearly in sight. This a message that this house is individualized and personalized. Burglars tend to stay away from that sort of house.” It was during one of these tours she had a run-in with the law. Brown and her students were visiting a strange neighborhood and a homeowner called the po lice to report “suspicious activ ity” in the area. Fortunately, she had cleared her project with the Salt Lake City police. “The group found that fences around the yard help discourage burglars and other ‘traces of presence’ like sprin klers going and lawn tools around make it look like some one is at home. Non-burglar ized homes are more likely to have a garage. The potential in truder doesn’t know if a car in it or not if the door is closed. Brown earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Vir ginia, her master’s and doctor ate from the University of Utah and has done post doctoral work at the University of Cali fornia at Irvine. After she joined Texas Chris- ollce continue investigation into prison break allegations they reaM am didn’lf United Press International JUAREZ, Mexico — Federal, state and local police Monday continued their investigation into allegations by prison I 111 ' 1 guards that jammed weapons (0nul 1 and a faulty alarm system were n in the raitteW* sponsible for 14 prisoners caking out of jail. iarh Thoi*l The esca P ees ’ including two .. Americans awaiting sentencing ‘y^ 101 on drug charges and 12 Mexi- ■ I can nationals serving time for a K ieal(e a, variety of violent crimes, have 1 were ' not been recaptured. nl< j I^Bjail Warden Tomas Terrazas ( 8 a . I said the prisoners, armed with 9 0 m y millimeter and .32 caliber pis- / tols, overpowered a guard Fri day night and escaped through ■ a side service entrance. I In an unrelated incident, Mi- Ill Scott Greer, 19, of Cali fornia escaped from a mini mum security jail in downtown uarez and crossed into El Paso il statenu where he asked for asylum, emmed fr|| Greer, who said he had been -trust sun picked up on a minor traffic of- Ralston Pjrense, broke a window in El icr of iff ioard of & nst the siP lubs Paso Saturday morning in or der to be arrested and begged El Paso officers not to return him to Juarez. The Americans who escaped from the Juarez jail, called the “Center for Social Readapta tion,” were identified as David Lee Johnson, 40, of San Diego, Calif., and Carlos Jaramillo Barcelo, 25, of Ballamon, Puerto Rico. Prison officials erroneously listed a third American, James S. Williams, 24, of Wyncote, Penn., as an escapee, but Terra zas said Williams hid from offi cers during the jailbreak and never left the jail. El Paso police arrested a man identified as David Lee Johnson Saturday afternoon, but re leased him when they discov ered he was not the Johnson who had escaped from the Jua rez jail. Lawmen on both sides of the border are continuing their search for the escapees, who have been described as danger ous. A high-ranking member of the Juarez Police Department, who asked not to be identified, said the laxness of security indi cated the jail break may have been carried out in cooperation with prison guards. Terrazas said his guards complained of jammed auto matic weapons and a faulty alarm system as the reason why the 14 men were able to walk out. The prison, whose acronym, CeReSo, is the Spanish word for cherry tree, is located on the outskirts of Juarez, south of the city in a bleak, desert area. Sunday afternoon, anti-riot police were called in when Ter razas cancelled Sunday visita tions in order to continue the investigation into the cause of the break. Visiting hours were resumed, two hours later, when the crowd was brought under control, Terrazas said. Zoologist gets $49,000 to study worm United Press International a group o provision enas und( [ jstigatidl'l Ganssaidi* s WALPOLE, Maine — A Uni- rn, adding v crsity of Maine zoologist has vidual'srigi l ece > ve