Fred is a 20-year-old who lives in a large metropolitan city. He graduated high school but decided that he would get a job immediately following high school instead of going to college. He thought making money at that moment was more important than furthering his education. Now, Fred realizes he is stuck at a dead-end job making minimum wage and is tired of working so many hours and making so little money. Fred is thinking about committing various crimes in order to supplement his income.
In order for people to best protect their personal property from people like Fred, they would need to improve the effectiveness of crime _________________, which are people who serve as guardians of property or people who can help control would-be criminals.

Crime discouragers are the individuals who are involved in making sure that crime is prevented or who make it hard for potential and actual criminals to commit crime. They can be categorised into three groups which are the guardians,handlers and managers.

1.Guardians are the ones who monitor the targeted places, these are our store security guards. They guard the place and are on the look out for any potential criminal activities.

2.Handlers are the ones who monitor those has commited crime before or those who may potentially plan to commit crime in the future(potential offenders) example are parole officer and parents.

3.Managers are the ones who monitor particular areas such as homes example will be the owner of the home