Vehicle Theft Reduction in Germany: The Long-Term Effectiveness of Electronic Immobilisation
Vehicle Theft Reduction in Germany: The Long-Term Effectiveness of Electronic Immobilisation
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DOI：
10.1007/s10610-011-9151-1
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发表时间：
2011-09-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Baessmann, Joerg
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作者：
Baessmann, Joerg
从1995年起，在德国销售的所有新车都必须安装电子防盗器。这项措施是1994年通过的一项综合警察计划的一部分，该计划是对德国统一后车辆盗窃空前增加和前苏联解体做出的反应。虽然国际研究已经表明，电子制动是减少车辆盗窃的有效工具，但德国还没有类似的研究。基于情景犯罪预防方法，这项研究表明，德国在过去15年中大幅减少了车辆盗窃，这特别可以通过引入电子防盗器来解释，因为电子防盗器是一种“目标强化”机制。它将表明，固定器不仅有效地阻挠机会主义的偷车贼，而且还加强了专业车辆贩运团伙的努力。由于从未计划对这一措施进行外部影响评估，这项研究采用了一种混合方法，使用现有的警察数据以及与主要专家的补充访谈。
From 1995 on all new vehicles sold in Germany must be fitted with an electronic immobiliser. This measure was part of a comprehensive police plan which, adopted in 1994, reacted to the unprecedented increase in vehicle theft after German re-unification and the breakdown of the former USSR. Whilst international research has already shown that electronic immobilisation is an effective tool to reduce vehicle thefts, comparable studies for Germany have not existed. Based on the situational crime prevention approach, this study indicates that the substantial vehicle theft reductions recorded over the last 15 years in Germany can be explained in particular by the introduction of electronic immobilisers as a 'target hardening' mechanism. It will be shown that immobilisers not only effectively obstruct opportunistic vehicle thieves, but also increase the efforts of professional vehicle trafficking groups. Since an external impact evaluation has never been planned for this measure, the study followed a mixed methods approach in using available police data as well as complementary interviews with key experts.