In tort law successful plaintiffs are made whole through compensatory damages. In criminal law victims do not receive compensation. If the penalty is a fine, it is the state that receives the money not the victim. If the penalty is imprisonment the victim suffers an additional loss in taxes to pay for the incarceration. Therefore potential victims of crimes are much more likely to undertake efficient prevention measures than potential victims of torts.
Preventative measures are more effective for dented fenders than burglaries.
Under the general rule that incentives should be placed where they do the most good, denting a fender should be a crime, and burglary should be a tort. Finally, the book has no footnotes and very few references. Icons in the margins of the hard copy point to corresponding online icons. I think this bit of entrepreneurship will payoff and thus become widely imitated.