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Reducing mobile phone theft and improving security: paper 2

An updated insight into mobile phone theft and the impact that security features have had on levels of theft.

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This paper builds on evidence outlined in the 2014 paper 바카라 사이트˜Reducing mobile phone theft and improving security바카라 사이트™.

It provides a more contemporary picture of mobile phone theft following the introduction of 바카라 사이트˜kill switches바카라 사이트™ and includes:

  • national data from the 2014 to 2015 Crime Survey for England and Wales about mobile phone ownership and theft
  • information about particular brands and handsets that were targeted during 2015

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Published 23 March 2016

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