Security issue: Vehicle theft
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Security issue: Vehicle theft
Vehicle theft is the crime of theft, or attempt of theft of or from a motor vehicle (automobile, truck, bus, motorcycle, etc.).
Description
This category includes both theft of and from vehicles in the same category, because the measures against it would be very alike from the viewpoint of an urban planner.
This category does not include: carjacking, theft with access to keys, fraudulent theft, or opportunistic theft
Attributing circumstances
- location (attainability of theft)
| Location | Thefts per 100,000 cars per 24 hours |
| Home garage | 2 |
| Home carport/drive | 40 |
| Home street | 117 |
- attractiveness of vehicles or items in vehicles
- proximity to known area with cartheft
Impacts
Economic impact
Property crimes such as vehicle theft lead to considerable costs in both a direct (primary) and a indirect (secondary) way[2]. Direct costs of vehicle theft come in the form of:
- Preventive costs in anticipation of vehicle theft (e.g. security measures, prevention, insurance fees);
- Material and immaterial costs as a consequence of vehicle theft (e.g. physical damage, repairments, mental harm); and
- Responsive costs to vehicle theft (e.g. the costs of detection and prevention, persecution, support trial, etc.).
In addition, the secondary economic impact of criminal offences has to be considered. Violent crime not only leads to financial or physical damage and prevention costs, but also indirectly influences the local/regional and national economy of a country. According to Detotto and Otranto [3],“crime acts like a tax on the entire economy: it discourages domestic and foreign direct investments[4]. On a more local and regional level, economists define economic impact on business, property value, tourism and quality of life (social capital).
Measures
- surveillance
- reaction force
- target hardening
- access control (parkings)
- deflecting offenders
- Education (don't leave valuables in car)
Footnotes and references
- ↑ http://www.popcenter.org/problems/residential_car_theft/
- ↑ Primary economic impact (or direct effects) are generally defined as the initial, immediate economic output generated by a specific cause (in this case a criminal offence). Secondary economic impact (or indirect effects) are generated each time a subsequent transaction is made, for example, the impact of crime on the real estate value in the neighborhood.
- ↑ Detotto,C. and E. Otranto (2010). Does crime affect Economic growth? KYKLOS, Vol.63–August 2010-No.3, 330-345.
- ↑ Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a direct investment by a business or enterprise in a foreign economy.
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