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CAR CRIME CLAIRE CORBETT WILLAN PUBLISHING Car Crime Crime and Society Series Series editor: Hazel Croall Published titles Sex Crime, by Terry Thomas Burglary, by R. I. Mawby Armed Robbery, by Roger Matthews Car Crime, by Claire Corbett Car Crime Claire Corbett WILLAN PUBLISHING Published by Willan Publishing Culmcott House Mill Street, Uffculme Cullompton, Devon EX15 3AT, UK Tel: +44(0)1884 840337 Fax: +44(0)1884 840251 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.willanpublishing.co.uk Published simultaneously in the USA and Canada by Willan Publishing c/o ISBS, 5824 N.E. Hassalo St, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644, USA Tel: +001(0)503 287 3093 Fax: +001(0)503 280 8832 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.isbs.com © the author 2003 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publishers or a licence permitting copying in the UK issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE. First published 2003 ISBN 1-84392-025-5 (cased) ISBN 1-84392-024-7 (paper) British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Project management by Deer Park Productions Typeset by GCS, Leighton Buzzard, Beds Printed and bound by T.J. International, Padstow, Cornwall Contents Table of cases ix List of tables xi Preface xiii 1 Car culture and the construction of car crime 1 Our embeddedness within car culture 1 Why a book on car crime? 3 What is car crime? 4 Theoretical perspectives on car crime 8 Key themes of the book and chapter outline 11 Summary of main points 13 2 The car in historical context 15 Introduction 15 A privilege of the elite 16 Increasing accessibility and road casualties 18 Towards the millennium and the challenges ahead 20 Summary of main points 23 3 Not real crime? 25 Introduction 25 Illustrations of the low perceived seriousness of road traffic offending 25 Explanations for the low seriousness accorded road traffic offending 28 Concluding comments 34 Summary of main points 34 Car Crime 4 'Car crime'as theft of and from a vehicle 37 Car crime as theft 37 Historical and legal context of car theft 39 The extent and trends of vehicle theft 40 Vehicle theft for contents and parts 48 Vehicle theft for temporary use: joyriding 50 Vehicle theft for permanent deprivation: professional theft 59 Crime control efforts 62 Concluding comments 68 Summary of main points 70 5 Impaired driving: alcohol, drugs and fatigue 72 Introduction 72 Historical and legal context of impaired driving offences 75 Alcohol-impaired driving 78 Drug-impaired driving: illegal drugs 86 Drug-impaired driving: legal drugs 88 Fatigue-impaired driving 91 Crime control efforts 94 Concluding comments 101 Summary of main points 102 6 Speeding 104 Introduction 104 Historical and legal context of speeding 107 Extent and trends in speeding 109 Female and male drivers compared 118 Crime control efforts 120 Concluding comments 125 Summary of main points 126 7 Bad driving: dangerous and careless offences 128 Introduction 128 Historical and legal context of bad driving 131 Extent and trends in bad driving offences 133 Road rage 141 Mobile phones and other in-vehicle distractions 143 Police vehicle accidents (PVAs) 147 The perspectives of victims and the bereaved 149 Crime control efforts 154 Concluding comments 157 Summary of main points 159 vi Contents Unlicensed driving 161 Introduction 161 Historical and legal context of unlicensed driving 163 Extent and trends in unlicensed driving 164 Crime control efforts 170 Abandoned and untaxed vehicles (AUVs) 172 Concluding comments 175 Summary of main points 176 Car crime in wider society 177 Introduction 177 The power of motor manufacturers 179 Work-related road risk 184 Concluding comments 188 Summary of main points 189 Past, present and future directions 190 Introduction 190 Legacy of the past 191 Concerns and dilemmas of the present 193 Future prospects 196 Back to the centre 201 References 202 Index 225 Table of cases Beresford (Harold) Re [1952] 36 Cr App RI 149 Davis [2002] 1 Cr App R (S) 579 103 R v. Adomako [1994] 3 All ER 79 131 R v. Simmonds [1999] 2 Cr App R18 130 Rylands v. Fletcher [1866] WL 8245 35 Smith v. DPP [1999] 96(34) LSG 34 160 State of Indiana v. Ford Motor Co. (1979) 180
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