CAR STEALING IN AUSTRALIA - FACTS AND FIGURES

• NCJ Number: 32008
• Author(s): D BILES
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 37 pages
• Corporate Author: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: Australia

Annotation

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CARS STOLEN, CHANGES IN POPULATION, LEVELS OF CAR OWNERSHIP, AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.

Abstract

THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT THE TREND TOWARDS DECREASING MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT RATES SINCE 1971, ESPECIALLY IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND VICTORIA, NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED MORE CLOSELY WITH A VIEW TO ISOLATING THE SIGNIFICANT DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES, AND THE STRIKING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF AUSTRALIA SUGGESTS THAT A STUDY OF THE RELEVANT LAW MAY BE FRUITFUL. THE STRIKING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN QUEENSLAND AND VICTORIA, WITH NEARLY IDENTICAL CAR-OWNERSHIP RATES, ARE WORTHY OF CLOSER SCRUTINY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)