“In some places the stealing of gate-hooks and iron fastnings is so common as to
compel the farmer both to hang and fasten his gates with wood.” A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis (Colquhoun, 1795)
compel the farmer both to hang and fasten his gates with wood.” A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis (Colquhoun, 1795)
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We consider the problem of metal theft from a number of perspectives, including history and news, full-text scholarly and professional research, interviews, prevention brochures, law enforcement initiatives, and the blog "Scrapped."
We consider the problem of metal theft from a number of perspectives, including history and news, full-text scholarly and professional research, interviews, prevention brochures, law enforcement initiatives, and the blog "Scrapped."
New to the Interviews page:An interview with Search Dogs U.K.'s Mick Swindells on using dogs to sniff out stolen metals.
See previous interviews with leading scholars and other professionals:
Mark Harrison, National Policing & Crime Advisor to English Heritage, the English public agency with responsibility for protecting the UK's heritage assets.
Carl Zimring, Ph.D., Associate professor of Sustainability Studies at Pratt Institute, author of Cash for Your Trash (2005) and general editor of The Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage (2012) Brian Ashby, Ben Kolak, & Courtney Prokopas, Co-Directors of the documentary film Scrappers. Jeff Ferrell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, Texas Christian University, and author of Empire of Scrounge. Aiden Sidebottom, author of "Theft in Price-Volatile Markets: On the Relationship between Copper Price and Copper Theft" in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. Brandon Kooi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Aurora University, and author of Theft of Scrap Metal. |
Jazz sniffing out marked metals. Photo taken by James Brown.
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 Junk Dealing and Juvenile Delinquency (1919) |
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