2010 MRes projects
- A feasibility study of the use of ground penetrating radar and metal oxide semiconductor sensors on a mobile platform for security applications
- The use of forensic evidence in the prosecution of terrorism cases in Britain
- Scintillation materials for the detection of special nuclear materials (SNMs)
- Looking beyond borders: Identification, information and the diffusion of conflicts.
- How hard can it be?: A study investigating user trust decisions in e-commerce
- Non-contact object localisation for automated 'on-belt- tomosynthesis
- Immmunising the Internet
- Investigating forward scatter radar for maritime target detection using statistical and comparative study
- The spatial distribution of post-blast RDX residue: Forensic implications
- Factors influencing intelligence analysts performance in using Bayesian and automated analysis of competing hypotheses
- Secure digital archive search using a probably approximately correct architecture
- Constraints and prospects of the application of scientific rigour to conflict early warning in Africa
- Prediction of crime patterns emerging from simulated search trajectories of individual offenders
- Download warnings: A rational rejection of security advice?
- The effectiveness of vehicle security devices to prevent car crime in Chile
- Inferring user behaviour despite wireless network encryption
- A feasibility study of the use of ground penetrating radar and metal oxide semiconductor sensors on a mobile platform for security applications
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The effectiveness of vehicle security devices to prevent car crime in Chile
22 February 2012
This research is being funded by the Chilean government. Based on data from Chilean victimization survey –ENUSC-, this study assessed the effectiveness of more popular vehicle´ security devices used in Chile. From a theoretical perspective based primarily on theories of Rational Choice and Routine Activities, the hypothesis to test was that the use of safety devices in vehicles reduces their risk of being victimized.
It was also tested the hypothesis that, given the various preventive mechanisms that each of these security devices trigger, the preventive effects of security devices are differentiated both with respect to the devices themselves and in relation to two types of car crime examined - theft of and from vehicles. As more of car crime take place in residential parking, it was finally gauged the impact of each security device by residential parking locations.
Findings of this study suggest a high impact security device use in the risk of a vehicle from being stolen. In analyzing the effectiveness of each of the devices tested is concluded that the electronic immobilizers and coded keys are particularly effective in preventing these crimes. In a broader perspective, findings of this study proved the validity of Security Hypothesis, developed by Farrel et. al., and suggest that this hypothesis might be fruitful to analyze the dynamics of another kind of crimes in Chile.
