TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heitmann,John Alfred
AU  - Morales,Rebecca
TI  - Grand theft auto: the technology of stealing cars 
SN  - 9781421412986
AV  - HV6658 .G736 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Automobile theft
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Automobiles
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Automobile thieves
KW  - Grand Theft Auto games
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Mexican-American Border Region
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=662234&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
ER  -