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	Motor vehicle theft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Motor vehicle theft is a crime of theft.
		Motor vehicle theft in the US The crime is commonly charged under the name grand theft, auto in the U.S., however, other places refer to it as simply "felony theft" or "theft over", i.e., theft over a dollar amount that exceeds misdemeanor proportions.
		In almost all jurisdictions, theft of a motor vehicle is punishable as a felony due to the extreme emotional and economic distress it causes to the victim and to society.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Motor_vehicle_theft (733 words)

	FBI - Crime in the US, 2002 - Crime Index Offenses Reported
		The rate of motor vehicle thefts in the Nation in 2002 was an estimated 432.1 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, which was a 0.4 percent increase over the 2001 rate.
		Of the vehicles stolen in the Northeast, 88.5 percent were automobiles; in the Midwest, 78.5 percent, and in the West, 70.8 percent.
		By age, of those persons arrested for motor vehicle thefts in 2002, 63.8 percent were under the age of 25 and 30.4 percent were under the age of 18.
	www.fbi.gov /ucr/cius_02/html/web/offreported/02-nmotorvt10.html (1489 words)

	The Daily, Wednesday, January 8, 2003. Motor vehicle theft
		In 2001, Manitoba's rate (1,148 vehicle thefts per 100,000 population) was more than twice the national average and highest among the provinces for the fifth year in a row.
		According to police, vehicles are primarily stolen for "joy-riding," transporting criminals to and from the commission of a crime, or as organized criminal theft to be resold as a whole or dismantled and sold as parts.
		Almost 9 in 10 vehicle thefts are committed by males.
	www.statcan.ca /Daily/English/030108/d030108b.htm (808 words)

	Motor vehicle theft - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The crime is commonly charged under the name "grand theft auto" in the U.S. Colloquially, stealing a motor vehicle while it is occupied by its owner or authorized user is known as carjacking, and is in many legal systems treated as a form of robbery.
		Stealing a motor vehicle to ride and then abandon it is known as joyriding.
		In order to prevent motor vehicle theft, most jurisdictions require that the vehicle identification numbers (VIN in North America) of motor vehicles be registered with a vehicle licensing authority, making it difficult to resell a stolen vehicle.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Motor_vehicle_theft (219 words)

	Motor Vehicle Theft
		Motor vehicle theft is defined as the theft of a motor vehicle, including automobiles, buses, recreational vehicles, trucks, or other motor vehicles.
		Utah's motor vehicle theft rate in 2004 was 320.3 per 100,000, a 3.4% decrease over 2003.
		Since its peak in 1997, Utah's motor vehicle theft rate has been decreasing for the most part, although the 2002 rate was a noticeable increase over the 2001 rate.
	www.justice.state.ut.us /Research/Crime/mvtheft.html (157 words)

	Crimes Reported: Motor Vehicle Theft
		Motor Vehicle Theft is defined as the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle, including automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, and snowmobiles.
		Motor vehicle thefts declined for the eighth consecutive year in 1998.
		Automobiles were the most frequent type of motor vehicles stolen (94%), and 73 percent had been parked on the street when stolen.
	criminaljustice.state.ny.us /crimnet/ojsa/cja_98/sec1/mvtheft.htm (73 words)

	CST : Motor Vehicle Crimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Motor vehicles are typically stolen for one of the following reasons: joyriding, using to commit a crime, resale, export or stripping for parts.
		The vehicle steering lock was the focus of attack in 10% of cases, while a tow truck was used to remove vehicles in 1% of cases.
		In 5% of cases, a motor vehicle reported stolen was "cleared otherwise." Cleared otherwise refers to an incident that is cleared by the police using one of twelve reasons, none of which results in the laying of a charge.
	www.statcan.ca /english/ads/11-008-XIE/crimes.html (3017 words)

	Texas Department of Public Safety - Courtesy, Service, Protection
		Motor Vehicle Theft Service (MVTS) resources are expected to remain at the same level for several more years in the future. Auto theft has traditionally been considered a victimless property crime and suffers from lack of prosecution interest as compared to violent crime.
		MVTS officers and Vehicle Identification Specialists help local and federal officers with basic and advanced methods of identifying cars, trucks, heavy trucks and trailers, construction equipment, farm equipment, aircraft, watercraft, mobile equipment, and any other type of vehicle that is subject to being stolen.
		MVTS personnel are also assigned to tour vehicle assembly plants to learn alternative methods of identifying vehicles in order to accumulate information for training and investigative purposes.
	www.txdps.state.tx.us /criminal_law_enforcement/motor_vehicle_theft/index.htm (1446 words)

	Auto Theft
		Thefts fell 9.7 percent in the Northeast, 4.4 percent in the Midwest and 2.9 percent in the South.
		The rate of motor vehicles stolen was 397.8 in the South, down 4.2 percent from 2003; 341.6 in the Midwest, down 4.8 percent; and 262.5 in the Northeast, down 9.9 percent.
		Motor vehicle thefts declined 2.9 percent and 1.3 percent in the Northeast and the South, respectively.
	www.auto-theft.info /Statistics.htm (1193 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard
		That is, high theft 2005 model year vehicle lines are eligible for a part 543 exemption if they are equipped with a qualifying antitheft device.\16\ As previously stated, beginning with 2006 model year, each manufacturer is eligible for one exemption per model year, regardless of theft rate.
		Petition to Temporarily Exclude Low Theft Vehicle Lines Equipped With Anti-Theft Devices From the Requirements of the Standard DCX petitioned the agency to exclude low theft vehicle lines equipped with anti-theft devices (as standard equipment) from the parts marking requirements until each such vehicle line is discontinued or undergoes a major redesign.
		Because the second largest vehicle line for at least one of these manufacturers exceeds 30% of the total low theft vehicle production, the 70/100 phase-in suggested by the Alliance and DCX is inappropriate because at least one manufacturer would still be required to mark both low theft vehicle lines.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2005/May/Day-19/i9708.htm (7802 words)

	Front Sight Newsletter - Motor Vehicle Theft
		Motor vehicle theft is the fastest growing crime in the U.S. as reported by the FBI’s latest statistics.
		For the past four consecutive years, vehicle theft was the only major crime that has risen every year, a cumulative total increase of 9.7% over the four-year period, and is rising twice as fast as burglaries and murder for the same time period.
		Motor vehicle theft was one of the few serious crimes that showed an across-the-boards increase.
	www.frontsight.com /promotion/29/motor.htm (766 words)

	Community Safety & Crime Prevention Week - Crime Prevention Tips
		A motor vehicle is defined as a car, truck, van, bus, recreational vehicle, semi-trailer truck, motorcycle, construction machinery, agricultural machinery or other land-based motorized vehicle such as an all-terrain vehicle, a go-kart, a dune buggy or a snowmobile.
		Motor vehicles are sometimes stolen as part of commercial theft, mostly by people involved in organized crime.
		Vehicles branded as "salvage" can only be returned to the road if they are rebuilt to provincial standards and re-branded accordingly.
	www.gnb.ca /0276/cpw/tips/vehicletheft-e.asp (404 words)

	SecurityWorld.com » Preventing Motor Vehicle Theft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The vehicles that are found have often been stripped, vandalized or destroyed.
		By copying your tag number and vehicle identification number (VIN) on a card and keeping them with your driver’s license, you are increasing your chances of recovery should your vehicle be stolen.
		Theft Deterrent Decals visually warn thieves the vehicle is protected by an alarm or other anti-theft devices.
	www.securityworld.com /infocenter/preventing-motor-vehicle-theft (534 words)

	Smart Motorist - History of Auto Theft Legislation
		It expanded the 1984 Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act parts-marking requirement to include vans and utility vehicles with higher-than-average theft rates, and half of the passenger car, van and SUV lines with lower-than-average theft rates.
		Vehicle Chop Shop, Stolen and Altered Property Act: This law imposes criminal sanctions on persons involved with chop shops -- garages or lots where stolen vehicles are brought to be stripped of their components.
		It also provides an effective procedure for the detitling of non-repairable junk vehicles and mandates surrender of a junk or salvage vehicle's title; ends the title chain of a junk vehicle; and establishes a paper trail to detect and prevent fraud and theft.
	www.smartmotorist.com /the/leg.htm (1557 words)

	CARSAFE - National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council Inc.
		These strategies are making vehicles more difficult to steal, closing the loopholes that professional thieves exploit, improving the flow of police and registration information nationally, and leading young offenders away from vehicle theft.
		Theft for profit accounts for a quarter of all vehicle thefts but constitutes up to half of the estimated cost of car crime to the nation.
		Reduce the volume of vehicle theft with strategies to reduce the opportunistic theft of older vehicles for joyriding, transport or to commit another crime.
	www.carsafe.com.au /t_01.html (486 words)

	Auto Theft Prevention Authority, ATPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		An Auto Theft Prevention Authority, or ATPA, is the name used by several states for a specially created funding mechanism used to collect and disperse funds, through a grant process, for the purpose of reducing motor vehicle theft and fraud.
		Other states have found a way to combat and reduce motor vehicle theft and fraud in a manner that is highly successful.
		Specialized training for law enforcement personnel, motor vehicle investigators and clerks, and others engaged in vehicle theft and fraud investigation and prevention.
	www.coloradoautotheft.org /ATPA.htm (394 words)

	To: Motor Vehicle Theft
		Background: The FBI reported the estimated value of motor vehicles stolen in the U.S. in 1998 was about $7.5 billion.
		The average value of each motor vehicle stolen in 1998 was $6,030.
		Con: Not all juveniles are motor vehicle theft offenders and it would be unfair for them to have to be in at a certain time.
	crab.rutgers.edu /~goertzel/mvtheft.html (1177 words)

	US CODE: Title 42,14171. Motor vehicle theft prevention program
		The motor vehicle theft prevention program developed pursuant to this section shall include a uniform design or designs for decals or other devices to be displayed by motor vehicles participating in the program.
		(B) explicitly state that the motor vehicle to which it is affixed may be stopped under the specified conditions without additional grounds for establishing a reasonable suspicion that the vehicle is being operated unlawfully.
		Any person who is in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles and who rents or leases a motor vehicle on which a program decal or device is affixed shall, prior to transferring possession of the vehicle, notify the person to whom the motor vehicle is rented or leased about the program.
	www.law.cornell.edu /uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00014171----000-.html (797 words)

	Motor Vehicle Theft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 2004, a total of 22,971 motor vehicle thefts were reported by law enforcement agencies in Colorado.
		Motor vehicle thefts accounted for 38.0% of the major offenses reported.
		Vehicles classified as other vehicle accounted for 2,232* or 10.1% of the vehicles stolen.
	cbi.state.co.us /dr/cic2k4/major_crime/motor_vehicle_theft.htm (117 words)

	How To Prevent Motor Vehicle Theft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Theft of trucks and recreation vehicles is on the increase.
		Thefts of snowmobiles, motorcycles, boats and trail bikes are also increasing.
		your vehicle is in the garage use a heavy chain and padlock that resists conventional steel hacksaw
	www.clemson.edu /fieldops/CGS/au_thief.htm (892 words)

	Auto Theft
		The higher rates of motor vehicle theft during the warmer summer months may be attributable to the same "seasonal" effect associated with other offenses.
		Based on the NIBRS data used in the analysis, 57.08 percent of the stolen motor vehicles are recovered in the first day and 79.43 percent are recovered during the first six days, which indicates that the first few days after the theft are critical in recovering the stolen vehicles.
		The longer the vehicle is in the possession of the criminals, the less the chance of recovery.
	www.auto-theft.info /FBI-Stats1.htm (572 words)

	Motor Vehicle Theft
		One fifth of all crime sin the United States are auto thefts.
		Most vehicles are stolen because it was easy to do so; eighty percent of vehicles stolen are left unlocked and 42% had the keys left inside.
		Generally, most local auto thieves will steal your vehicle to joyride, use in another crime or steal valuables left inside.
	www.winona.edu /security/MotorVehicleTheft.htm (109 words)

	Motor Vehicle Theft
		In 2003, a total of 20,176 motor vehicle thefts were reported by law enforcement agencies in Colorado.
		Motor vehicle thefts accounted for 36.3% of the major offenses reported.
		Vehicles classified as other vehicle accounted for 1,415* or 7.3% of the vehicles stolen.
	cbi.state.co.us /dr/cic2k3/major_crime/motor_vehicle_theft.htm (110 words)

	Victoria Police - Organised Motor Vehicle Theft Squad
		The Organised Motor Vehicle Theft Squad (OMVTS) is based at the St Kilda Road Police Complex with the Organised Crime Squad.
		The squad is comprised of specialist criminal investigators and intelligence operatives and succeeds the operation of the Stolen Motor Vehicle Squad (1956 - 1999).
		The Organised Motor Vehicle Theft Squad is to:
	www.police.vic.gov.au /content.asp?Document_ID=254 (257 words)

	Motor Vehicle Theft
		Motor vehicle theft is the nation's #1 property crime, costing American citizens over 8.6 billion dollars each year.
		As a leader in motor vehicle theft prevention, LoJack is able to provide a layer of protection when our automobiles need it most, after a theft occurs.
		The fourth and final layer of motor vehicle theft protection is a vehicle** tracking system that releases a signal to police when a stolen car report is filed.
	www.lojack.com /motor-vehicle-theft.html (324 words)

	Custom Writing on motor vehicle theft
		Motor Vehicle Theft One vehicle is stolen every 27 seconds in the United States.
		Motor vehicle theft is widespread throughout the United States, more so than in any other country.
		According to the Uniform Crime Report, the 1999 figures show the greatest number of motor vehicle thefts occurred during the month of August, and the fewest during the month of February.
	www.vipessays.com /termpaper/motor_vehicle_theft-22270.html (210 words)

	motor vehicle theft, theft recovery vehicle, anti theft vehicle, prevent motor vehicle theft, device anti theft ...
		Owners who indiscriminately leave keys, registrations and other identifiable material in their vehicles may return to their residence only to find that they are the victims of a burglary also.
		Paste your contact number at a conspicuous place in/on your vehicle - so that if at all your vehicle is stolen and abandoned by thief ji after using it for his purpose, then it may get linked up to you and is not deposited as unclaimed in any police station.
		Report the theft to concerned transport authority so that the file is kept in safe custody and vehicle is not transferred from your name.
	www.cyberautocop.com /theft-precautions.html (1045 words)

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