Farrell, G (2015) Preventing phone theft and robbery: the need for government action and international coordination. Crime Science, 4 (1). ISSN 2193-7680
Abstract
The banning of stolen handsets from networks has been around for 20 years, but remains little used internationally. Where used, its effectiveness is hindered by implementation problems, reprogramming, easy fencing opportunities, and international trafficking. Kill-switches where the user remotely disables a handset and deletes data have potential but, if non-permanent, are likely to experience similar limitations. This study proposes a set of responses to be adopted by national governments with international coordination.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2015, Farrell. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. |
Keywords: | Phone theft; Phone robbery; Blacklisting; IMEI database; Kill switch; Phone theft index; Phone theft ratio |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2016 09:38 |
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2018 13:27 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40163-014-0015-0 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s40163-014-0015-0 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97475 |
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