Stealing cars : technology and society from the Model T to the Gran Torino / / John A. Heitmann and Rebecca H. Morales

• Autore: Heitmann John Alfred
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, MD : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.16/286292220973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): MoralesRebecca H.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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 and serial numbers remain basic procedure, thieves have created highly sophisticated networks to disassemble stolen vehicles, distribute the parts, and/or ship the altered cars out of the country. Stealing cars naturally has become as technologically advanced as the cars themselves"-Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stealing cars
• ISBN: 1-4214-1298-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464361703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II