Car theft is big and profitable business across the nation. In Los Angeles, a city that depends on driving to get around, approximately 30,000 automobiles are stolen each year. An experienced car thief can get into and steal your car within a minute. Most stolen cars are then stripped down and the parts are resold. Car theft tends to occur more often where there are large groups of cars parked for long periods of time like at a shopping center, college or large apartment complexes. In recent years, the cars most commonly stolen have been the Toyota Camry, Honda Civic, Honda Accord and Acura Integra.
If you are caught for motor vehicle theft, charges against you will differ by state. Generally, grand theft auto is classified as either a serious misdemeanor charge or a felony. Misdemeanor charges can result in a fines and jail time of up to one year. A felony conviction will include fines and a prison sentence longer than one year in a federal facility. Many judges across the nation will also add community service work and theft education classes to the sentence.
Whatever type of theft you have been convicted of, the court system recognizes that jail time isn’t enough to reform the perpetrator. The purpose of including a theft education class into the sentence is so that offenders will learn that they are responsible for their own behavior. Stealing is a decision the offender has made, but they do have control over their own actions and can learn techniques to help them refrain from the practice. Often times when someone decides to steal something, it is based on errors in the way they are thinking. Theft classes teach clients how to understand why they steal, and then how to correct the behavior. Research shows that learning empathy and how this stealing behavior affects society, as well as new skills in stress management and communication can help reverse the behavior. Clients also learn interventions to redirect this error in judgment so they don’t follow through with it again.
The most educational and convenient way to take theft classes is on the computer. Online theft classes are available to take at home from any Internet based computer. Simply ask your judge, probation officer or legal system if they will approve a high quality online class. Show them the link to the course or print out the course content to validate the authenticity of the program. Look for an online theft diversion course that is designed by a licensed and practicing psychotherapist and specialist in the field and that has an A+ BBB rating.
Once you get approval to fulfill your court requirement online, you are on your way to getting this situation behind you. The beauty of taking a class online is that you can generally get it done more quickly. Specifically, an 8-hour traditional course taken in a classroom will usually take 2 months to complete. In contrast, clients can take an 8-hour online theft class in one day if they are willing to put the time into it all at once.
Take a class to learn to stop stealing online so you can go at your own pace and in the privacy of your own home!
