Based on your research what is negligent securitySolutionNeg

Based on your research, what is negligent security?

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Negligent security is a species of premises liability dealing with civil redress for crimes and violent acts. It is the basis by which an individual injured by a third party tries to hold liable the owner or tenant of the property where a criminal injury is inflicted. The injury in a negligent security case may arise out of robbery, rape, assault, battery, or rape.

An injured person is able to bring a negligent security suit based on the duty imposed on landowners and possessors of property to offer reasonable security measures and protect lawful visitors from foreseeable crimes of third parties. Negligent security assumes that the crime could have been prevented or at least made less likely by using appropriate security measures.

Both commercial and residential landowners or possessors have been successfully sued for negligent security, but their duties may vary. For example, a student of a college is not able to provide adequate security measures at his or her dormitory, and so the college has a substantial duty to provide adequate security measures. Similarly, a commercial tenant, such as a retail business at a mall, may have a duty to protect those that shop at the business from foreseeable criminal attacks. On the other hand, a residential tenant may have control of what happens to a guest inside his or her apartment, but may not have a duty to take security measures to protect the guest in the apartment complex\'s parking lot.