A new theory of crime

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Central locking and vehicle immobilisers may reduce robbery and burglary

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Other Technologies that reduced car theft are GPS, GPS Tracking, mobile phones, mobile phone tracking, digital photos, video camera proliferation, easy sharing of net photos, and the high cost of fuel.
What NEVER helped was the incessant blaring car alarms.
Your cell phone is allowing you to be tracked as easily as collared wildlife.
I am triangulating your position right now as you read this... ;>)
IT may potentially intrude on your civil liberties, but also makes you and your car safe. And Terrorist are also on the run.


"Central locking and vehicle immobilisers may reduce robbery and burglary"

Only if it's true, but sadly it's not. It has more to do with the overall crime trend and the ability of the law enforcement in a particular country than what the article suggests.

In many crime-ridden countries such technologies have driven the criminals to confront the owners directly rather than dealing with the technologies. Thus the increases in contact-crimes such as vehicle hijacking and house robberies where owners are present and alarm disabled. Why bother breaking into a car/house when the owner can give them to you? This theory doesn't hold water.


Technology has certainly caught up with the ability to prevent and detect crime. Anyone who is contemplating the perpetration of a crime and is aware of the odds of getting caught might think twice before deciding whether to commit a crime or not.Not just immobilisers in cars , but new technologies such the find-my-phone app , do make it extremely difficult to successfully carry out most criminal activity without a very high probability of being detected and subsequently convicted . Increasingly more young men who might otherwise be tempted to commit crimes , are techsavvy enough to realise that the odds are against them , which is another reason why fewer crime on average are now being committed.
Most criminals ( these days ) are not rational in the choices they make and this is understandable when one considers that a significant number of criminals have been shown in various studies to have a lower than average rate of intelligence or suffer from an underlying psychiatric or psychological.It is intriguing to contemplate a time when a majority of criminals would be treated not simply as criminals , to be dealt with by law enforcement officers and the law courts , but as sick people in need of medical attention.That really would be interesting and would require a sea-change in societies attitude , understanding and responses to crime.



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