Car crime
Crime involving cars - whether involving offences by drivers or theft of and from cars - represents a substantial proportion of offences committed, and occupies an enormous amount of police time. But it is not always perceived as the serious crime that it is: many traffic offences cause enormous harm in terms of death and injury, but are often not regarded seriously by drivers, the criminal justice system and the state. Other than theft of and from cars it is arguable that car crime is socially…
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- Full title :Car crime / Claire Corbett.
Summary
Crime involving cars - whether involving offences by drivers or theft of and from cars - represents a substantial proportion of offences committed, and occupies an enormous amount of police time. But it is not always perceived as the serious crime that it is: many traffic offences cause enormous harm in terms of death and injury, but are often not regarded seriously by drivers, the criminal justice system and the state. Other than theft of and from cars it is arguable that car crime is socially constructed as 'not real crime' or 'not even crime'. This book is the first to survey the whole area.
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- Publication Date:2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Willan
- Place of Publication:Uffculme
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (252 p.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9786611331528, 6611331522, 1843924269, 9781843924265
- oclc:on1162247342
- LC Classification:HV6425.G7
- Dewey Decimal:364.147
Table of Contents
Cover; Car Crime; Copyright; Contents; Table of cases; Tables; Preface; Chapter 1 Car culture and the construction of car crime; Our embeddedness within car culture; Why a book on car crime?; What is car crime?; Theoretical perspectives on car crime; Key themes of the book and chapter outline; Summary of main points; Chapter 2 The car in historical context; Introduction; A privilege of the elite; Increasing accessibility and road casualties; Towards the millennium and the challenges ahead; Summary of main points; Chapter 3 Not real crime?; Introduction
Illustrations of the low perceived seriousness of road traffic offendingExplanations for the low seriousness accorded road traffic offending; Concluding comments; Summary of main points; Chapter 4 'Car crime' as theft of and from a vehicle; Car crime as theft; Historical and legal context of car theft; The extent and trends of vehicle theft; Vehicle theft for contents and parts; Vehicle theft for temporary use: joyriding; Vehicle theft for permanent deprivation: professional theft; Crime control efforts; Crime control efforts; Concluding comments; Summary of main points
Chapter 5 Impaired driving: alcohol, drugs and fatigueIntrodu…
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