CH 14 theft related offenses

Question 1

It is estimated that _______ commit most burglaries

Answer 1

opportunist

Question 2

the average dollar loss per burglary is

Answer 2

$2,251

Question 3

a person who buys and sells stolen property with criminal intent

Answer 3

fence

Question 4

One method of showing possession of stolen property is to ___________

Answer 4

locate the property on the premises of the suspect

Question 5

______ is the most commonly committed crime of personal gain

Answer 5

larceny-theft

Question 6

the average value of property taken during larceny-theft was

Answer 6

$941 per offense

Question 7

_____ consists of drawing cash on accounts made up of uncollected funds. By using 2 different banking institutions, they may use funds from one bank to cover checks drawn on another. each time the bank pays out funds against the account balance, they have been successful in cheating the bank out of its own funds

Answer 7

check kinging

Question 8

the most common way of overcoming embezzellment is for the investigator to _____________

Answer 8

solicit the victims help in providing technical support during the investigation

Question 9

the destruction, theft or unauthorized use, modification, or copying of information, programs, services, equipment or communication networks

Answer 9

cybercrime

Question 10

perhaps one of the most frightening statistics of all cybercimes involving child predators is that in _____ percent of cases, the victim met up willingly with the attacker, thinking they were meeting someone entirely different

Answer 10

100

Question 11

another commanlity in computer crimes is that they are largely investigative in nature, using ___ percent traditional police work and )) percent technical skill

Answer 11

90. 10

Question 12

After copying computer crime evidence, the ____, not the _____, is returned to the rightful owner

Answer 12

copy, original

Question 13

The 9th character of the vin is called

Answer 13

check digit

Question 14

Some of the most common vehicle theft fraud schemes:

Answer 14

owner give ups; 30 day specials; export fraud; phantom vehicles

Question 15

____ is the second most costly white collar crimes in america behind tax evasion

Answer 15

fraud