Portable electronics and trends in goods stolen from the person

Thompson, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-4220-3730, 2017. Portable electronics and trends in goods stolen from the person. Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, 54 (2), pp. 276-298. ISSN 0022-4278

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Abstract

Objectives:
To better understand theft of portable electronic goods this study examined the type of goods stolen during theft and robbery in England and Wales over almost two decades.
Methods:
Using all sweeps of the Crime Survey for England and Wales between 1994 and 2010/11 the proportion of incidents where a particular item was stolen was calculated, then compared over time.
Results:
A small range of items accounted for the bulk of what was taken, namely cash, purses/wallets, credit/debit cards and mobile phones.
Conclusions:
Considerable changes to the stolen goods landscape were found, with a shift from more traditional items such as cash and purses/wallets to portable electronic items such as mobile phones. Recommendations are made for preventing the loss of the items most frequently stolen during offences of theft and robbery.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency
Creators:	Thompson, R.
Publisher:	Sage
Date:	1 March 2017
Volume:	54
Number:	2
ISSN:	0022-4278
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1177/0022427816660743 DOI
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2016.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jill Tomkinson
Date Added:	05 Oct 2016 12:54
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2017 08:48
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28797

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