Prevention of Car Theft Crimes: Consultation for Melville City Council

Running head: Criminal Law
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Introduction
In the modern world, where the use of vehicles has been increased the number of car theft
has also been increased with the same rate. The car theft has been the major concern all over the
world and the various countries had made various laws and took prevention steps to control these
crimes. Melville City Council has also experienced the problem of car theft in the city that is in
the south part of Perth, Australia (Farrell, & Tilley, 2017). With the increasing economic
changes, car theft has become a serious issue for the people resides in Melville City. In this
report, the consultation will be provided to the Melville city of council regarding the prevention
steps that can be taken for the prevention of car theft crimes. However, it is analyzed that all the
steps what the government can take to prevent the crime are to strengthen the legal implication
and increase the penalties s on such crimes. It is noted that from the particular places the theft is
being more on the places of the transport and healthcare service providers. In this report, various
precautions measures and legal implication which council can take for the prevention of crimes
has been taken into consideration. This shows how well government could strengthen its legal
policies and rules to curb the cases related to car theft in society and economy at large.
Education
The council can establish this educational perspective training for public awareness and
provide public training in the theft measures program and the support prevention programs.
However, it is difficult to analyze the effectiveness of theft prevention activities (Smith, 2016).
From the beginning of this procedure, it has been analyzed that in every five cases in
which four cases of car theft the owners had left the doors open and in the other five cases in
which one case where the owners had left the keys in the car. Therefore, in order to prevent the
car theft issue, firstly public needs to be aware of the car theft issues and prevention measures
required to be taken by the public for the prevention of theft cases. The enforcement on the law
will not alone be sufficient to prevent the theft crimes in the city of Melville. The prevention
programs can increase public awareness among the individuals and it can aware them about the
cost of vehicle theft and its other negative impact on society. In this theft measure program, all
the car owners are provided proper training and support program which will help them to

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understand that how they can prevent the theft of their cars and it will demonstrate the savings
that preventive measures yield (Tseloni, Farrell, Thompson, Evans, & Tilley, 2017).
To provide the maximum effectiveness to the program, it is required that maximum coverage can
be done. The state bodies and the local enforcement agencies should work together to educate the
general public.
There are various examples of programs that can be implemented by the council that are:-
 The various programs which can inform and educate the community about the theft
problem through the organizations called block club, and the neighborhood watch
programs and schools.
 All the education measure program which could create awareness about the social,
economic and public safety that can affect through the theft of the vehicle
 The programs which inform and encourage the public to participate in the prevention of
theft and the efforts been made for its enforcement
 The programs of a partnership between the local government, community organization
and the law enforcement agencies direct the public for the prevention of the cars and
educate the public especially the public who parked the vehicle in the transport areas and
at the healthcare providers where the number of cases of theft had been reported.
 The programs for identifying and promoting the use of the effectiveness of vehicle anti-
theft devices (Farrell, & Brown, 2016).
After Security products
Melville City Council for the prevention of thefts can make it compulsory for the vehicles
to use aftermarket security products. The vehicle should be permitted only in the city if they
are loaded with these features. The devices that are visible to a thief who is causing a place
can be a deterrent. The features that are used by the public or the council can make it
compulsory for the car companies to provide these features such as:-
 High sound alarm system
 The lock system in steering
 The column locks of steering