Grand theft auto : the technology of stealing cars /

Grand theft auto : the technology of stealing cars /

"As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heitmann, John Alfred.
Other Authors: Morales, Rebecca.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Automobile theft > United States > History.
Automobile theft > United States > Prevention.
Automobiles > Technological innovations.
Automobile thieves > United States.
Grand Theft Auto games > Social aspects.
Automobile theft > Mexican-American Border Region.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Park at your own risk
  • "Stop, thief!"
  • Juvenile delinquents, hardened criminals, and ineffectual technological solutions
  • From the personal garage to the surveillance society
  • Car theft in the electronic and digital age
  • Mexico, the U.S., and international auto theft
  • The recent past
  • Conclusion stealing the American dream
  • Appendix A: Various U.S. automobile theft crime reports and surveys, 1924-2010
  • Appendix B: Tables.

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