CAP Index Renews Licensing Pact for Crime Threat Data On HomeAdvisor.com.Business Editors PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000 Cap Index Inc. today announced the renewal of an agreement to continue providing crime risk vulnerability data to HomeAdvisor.com, the No. 1 home-buying site on the Internet. The duration of the agreement is one year; financial terms were not announced. Dan Kropp, CAP Index vice president, said: "CAP Index is pleased to continue building our relationship with HomeAdvisor.com. This agreement is consistent with our desire to make CAP's unique crime vulnerability prediction services available to the general public through such high-quality and compelling Internet destinations as HomeAdvisor.com." CAP Index is the largest and most accurate predictor of crime vulnerability in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. CAP Index's CRIMECAST(TM) products and services are based on the strong relationship between a neighborhood's "social disorder History: Social Disorder is a NY Hardcore/Metalcore band which was formed in 1986 by Nicholas Vignapiano, Michael Trzesinski and Saul Colon. Joining the band soon after the initial grouping was Ritchie Gianonne, and later Steven Sallas completed the quintet. " and the amount of crime perpetrated there. By combining surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. social characteristics, survey information and other databases with known indicators of crime, CAP Index has provided HomeAdvisor.com with a national database of scores detailing the risk of assault, burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. , theft, auto theft, robbery, rape, and murder for every neighborhood in the United States. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sara Narbaitz, product manager at HomeAdvisor.com: The most common request we hear from consumers is their desire for a single site that satisfies all their home needs. CAP Index's CRIMECAST(TM) scores have helped establish HomeAdvisor.com as the most comprehensive, one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for homebuyers while providing them with valuable information about neighborhood safety. About CAP Index CAP Index, with headquarters outside of Philadelphia in Exton, Pa., pioneered the field of crime risk information and vulnerability analysis In information operations, a systematic examination of an information system or product to determine the adequacy of security measures, identify security deficiencies, provide data from which to predict the effectiveness of proposed security measures, and confirm the adequacy of such . CAP Index is the only source of precise, site-specific, objective crime risk forecasts for the entire United States and Canada. CAP Index product offerings include CRIMECAST(TM) database reports and site maps; MallRisk(TM), a pre-packaged database containing CAP Index scores and maps for the 4,000 largest U.S. malls and shopping centers shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into ; and College Community CrimeCheck reports analyzing the risk of crime surrounding the nation's 1,497 4-year colleges and universities. CAP Index also provides a host of consumer-oriented online databases, most notably through Microsoft's HomeAdvisor.com. For additional information, visit www.capindex.com. |
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