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Motor Vehicle Theft

By: Shuryo Fujita
In: Encyclopedia of Social Deviance
Edited by: Craig J. Forsyth & Heith Copes
Subject:Psychopathology, Crime & Deviance (general)
Keywords:auto theft; motor vehicle theft; motor vehicles; offenders; sport utility vehicles; theft; vehicles

Motor vehicle theft is the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program defines a motor vehicle as a self-propelled vehicle that runs on land surfaces and not on rails. Motor ...

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  Fujita, S. (2014). Motor vehicle theft. In C. J. Forsyth, & H. Copes (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social deviance (Vol. 1, pp. 453-456). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n181
  
  Fujita, Shuryo. "Motor Vehicle Theft." In Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, edited by Forsyth, Craig J., and Heith Copes, 453-56. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n181.
  
  Fujita, S. 2014. Motor Vehicle Theft. In: Craig J. Forsyth and Heith Copes Editors, 2014. Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 453-456 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n181> [Accessed 14 Apr 2021].
  
  Fujita, Shuryo. "Motor Vehicle Theft." Encyclopedia of Social Deviance. Edited by Craig J. Forsyth and Heith Copes. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 453-56. SAGE Knowledge. 14 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n181.
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