This study examines how the environmental features of residential property influence the choice of intrusion routes in a burglary, based on the assumption that burglars mainly judge whether there are proper intrusion routes rather than assessing the entire house. In order to collect reliable data, a virtual reality technique was used to simulate the choices of intrusion routes. Frequency analysis was conducted to examine the various features of intrusion route selection. Logistic regression analyses were performed to identify factors influencing the choice of intrusion route. The findings indicated that the choice of intrusion routes of the site-boundary and the building was strongly affected by physical features related to the ease of penetration of possible intrusion routes. Moreover, participants tended to consider the risk of detection when comparing intrusion routes that do not function as normal entrances, such as the side-window and the 2nd-floor window. The findings of this study provide clues to examine more specific decision-making processes of burglars and suggest various advantages of virtual reality as an experimental tool, especially in the field of environmental psychology.

这项研究基于一个假设，即窃贼主要判断是否存在适当的入侵路径，而不是评估整个房屋，从而研究了住宅物业的环境特征如何影响入室盗窃的选择。为了收集可靠的数据，使用了虚拟现实技术来模拟入侵路线的选择。进行了频率分析以检查入侵路径选择的各种特征。进行逻辑回归分析以识别影响入侵路径选择的因素。研究结果表明，站点边界和建筑物的入侵路径的选择受到与可能入侵路径的渗透容易程度相关的物理特征的强烈影响。而且，参与者倾向于比较不具有正常入口功能的入侵路线（例如侧窗和二楼窗户）时考虑检测到的风险。这项研究的发现为研究窃贼的更具体决策过程提供了线索，并提出了虚拟现实作为实验工具的各种优势，特别是在环境心理学领域。