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
Considerable costs are incurred in relation to property crimes such as vehicle theft (the economic effects of crime). These costs are incurred in anticipation of (e.g. expenditure on security and insurance costs), as a consequence of (including physical impact and health services), and as a responds to (e.g., costs of the Criminal Justice System) the crime.
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 [2],“crime acts like a tax on the entire economy: it discourages domestic and foreign direct investments[3]. 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/
- ↑ 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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