From: Crime prevention design in a vehicle registration system: a case study from Australia
Measure | Mechanisms | ||
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Increase the effort | Increase the risk | Reduce the rewards | |
Proof of identity of the registered keeper | Makes it difficult to obtain a replacement vehicle registration document from a registration authority as the document would be sent to the legitimate registered keeper | Raises the risk of detection when registering a rebirthed stolen vehicle as the new registered keeper must give proof of identity | Although not impossible, sale of a vehicle without the registration document (which has been linked to a registered keeper through proof of identity) is likely to be more difficult |
Check of the National Exchange of Vehicle and Driver Information System | Prevents simple cloning involving duplication of another vehicle’s identity (both intra and inter-state) | Identifies vehicles that have been stolen and attempted to be re-registered. This can lead to prosecution for vehicle rebirthing | Increases the costs associated with rebirthing by preventing some of the simplest forms of re-registering stolen vehicles |
Check of the written off vehicle register | Prevents vehicles that have been classed as non-repairable written off vehicles from being re-registered. This removes an important source of vehicles for rebirthing | Identifies written off vehicles that may have been used to rebirth a stolen vehicle. This can lead to prosecution for vehicle rebirthing | Written off vehicles can provide a cheap supply of donor identities, meaning that vehicle thieves may need to source vehicles from more expensive donor vehicles |
Vehicle identity inspections for repairable written off vehicles being re-registered | Methods that use written off vehicles as donor vehicles for rebirthing will require all identifiable parts from a stolen vehicle to be anonymised, as well as requiring falsified receipts of purchases of the stolen parts | Identifies vehicles that have been stolen and attempted to be re-registered. This can lead to prosecution for vehicle rebirthing | Increases the labour costs associated with rebirthing as parts must be anonymised |
Vehicle identity inspections for inter-state registrations | Sophisticated approaches required to change vehicle identities in a way that will not be identified by vehicle examiners | Identifies vehicles that have been stolen and attempted to be re-registered. This can lead to prosecution for vehicle rebirthing | Increases the labour costs associated with rebirthing by requiring more sophisticated, time consuming identity changes |