TY - BOOK AU - Heitmann,John Alfred AU - Morales,Rebecca ED - Project Muse. TI - Grand theft auto: the technology of stealing cars SN - 9781421412986 AV - HV6658 .H45 2014 U1 - 364.16/286292220973 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Automobile theft KW - Mexican-American Border Region KW - Grand Theft Auto games KW - Social aspects KW - Automobile thieves KW - United States KW - Automobiles KW - Technological innovations KW - Prevention KW - History KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction - Park at your own risk -- "Stop, thief!" -- Juvenile delinquents, hardened criminals, and ineffectual technological solutions -- From the personal garage to the surveillance society -- Car theft in the electronic and digital age -- Mexico, the U.S., and international auto theft -- The recent past -- Conclusion stealing the American dream -- Appendix A: Various U.S. automobile theft crime reports and surveys, 1924-2010 -- Appendix B: Tables UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421412986/ ER -