Property crime

Vehicle theft

Other resources

• National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council publications
  Various research reports, statistics, newsletters and practical guides on vehicle theft issues and prevention
• CARS Knowledgebank
  National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council
• Insurance Bureau Vehicle Crime (Netherlands)
• Operation Bounceback
  National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council
• Streetwize youth communications
  National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council
• U-Turn Programme
  National Crime Prevention, Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
• Vehicle crime and roads policing
  Home Office (UK)
• Drug use and vehicle crime : an analysis of DUMA data on offenders arrested for motor vehicle theft (PDF 303kB)
  Emma Ziersch and Nick Turner. CARS (Comprehensive auto-theft research system) information bulletin, 2005
• Linking research to policy : the U-turn experience in Tasmania
  Vanessa Goodwin. Safety, crime and justice : from data to policy conference, 2005
• Reducing theft of and theft from motor vehicles offences : the Victoria Police experience
  Uma Rao and David Darragh. Safety, crime and justice : from data to policy conference, 2005
• Targeting burglary : ACT Policing's Operation Halite (PDF 228kB)
  AFP Platypus magazine, 2005
• ACT property crime reduction strategy : building a safer community | Summary
  ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety, 2004
• Best practice model and business plan for a young recidivist car theft offender programme
  Ann Sharley + Associates, report for National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, 2002
• Partnerships: from rhetoric to reality - a case study in vehicle theft prevention
  Ray Carroll, Crime prevention conference, 2002
• Review of the street legal program (MS Word 408kB)
  Jennifer West and Allison Miller, report for National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, 2001
• Thefts of and from cars in parking facilities
  Ronald V Clarke, Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, 2001
• Time to ride: youth and the culture of joyriding in rural Queensland
  Glenn Dawes, The character, impact and prevention of crime in regional Australia conference, 2001
• CARS : the monitoring, research and evaluation of motor vehicle theft in South Australia
  Paul Thomas, Second national outlook symposium : violent crime, property crime and public policy, 1997