Chapter 13 - Property Crimes

Question 1

Property crimes are committed for the _____ ______ of the perpetrator.

Answer 1

personal gain

Question 2

In most jurisdictions today, conviction for burglary requires only ______ basic essential elements.

Answer 2

three

Question 3

In most jurisdictions today, conviction for burglary requires only three basic or essential elements:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 3

entry, of a building, structure, place, thing described by penal code, with intent to steal or commit other felony

Question 4

burglary is a crime of ________, easy _________.

Answer 4

opportunity, opportunity

Question 5

Burglary is usually a _____ crime in that the burglar normally tires to avoid contact with victims.

Answer 5

passive

Question 6

What are the two general types of burglars?

Answer 6

professional and amateur

Question 7

______ ______ are defined as those persons who work at burglary as a trade, making their living by burglary and larceny alone and having no other means of income.

Answer 7

professional burglars

Question 8

The _______ ______ includes the burglar who commits crimes primarily to secure money for drugs.

Answer 8

amateur burglars

Question 9

The new typology of burglars describes a burglar as being in one of the following categories:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 9

unskilled, semiskilled, professional

Question 10

The five step behavior cycle in burglary is as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Answer 10

needs, opportunities, means (skills), satisfaction, choice

Question 11

The burglary scene investigation has three major phases:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 11

the means of gaining entry, what the burglar did while on the premises, how the burglar exited the premises

Question 12

Theft cases are difficult to solve because of the ____ of _________.

Answer 12

lack of eyewitnesses

Question 13

Modus operandi searches are rewarding in theft investigations because thieves are known as ______ ______ ______.

Answer 13

single pattern offenders

Question 14

The key to an early break in property crimes investigation is the ________ ______ _______ search to include the decision making processes exhibited by the criminal in his or her operations.

Answer 14

expanded modus operandi

Question 15

The real success in stealing is not the completion of the crime itself ______ ___ ____ __ ___ ___ ___ __ ____ _____ - without leaving the trace that so often identifies the perpetrators of these crimes.

Answer 15

but the disposal of the stolen property at a profit

Question 16

The ______ or _______ technique is an investigative technique in property crimes aimed at the wholesale identification and apprehension of thieves.

Answer 16

storefront or “sting”

Question 17

_______ usually attack parked cars, taking a variety of parts readily disposed of on the local black market.

Answer 17

strippers

Question 18

________ steal a car , tow or drive it to a chop shop, and have it cut up for most of its parts.

Answer 18

dismantlers

Question 19

A parked car can be stripped in place in less than ___ ____, and dismantlers can chop up a car, dispose of the leftover body, and move the parts to be sold to another location within ___ ____ or so.

Answer 19

an hour, an hour

Question 20

________ is the armed robbery of a person in possession of an automobile or other motor vehicle.

Answer 20

carjacking

Question 21

An auto theft investigation has the following stages:
1. 
2.
3.
4.
5.

Answer 21

preliminary investigation, alarm, recovery, continuing investigation, case preparation

Question 22

______ is the term businesses use for the loss of inventory from employee theft.

Answer 22

shrinkage

Question 23

Generally, employee theft falls within three categories:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 23

incidental, situational and continual

Question 24

Cargo thieves can steal any product, but the most popular targets are shipments of _______, ________, _______ and ________.

Answer 24

pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, clothing and food

Question 25

________ is a nonviolent crime involving elements of intentional deceit, concealment, corruption, misrepresentation, and abuse of trust to gain the property of another, and it is often facilitated by the willing cooperation of unaware or knowing victims.

Answer 25

fraud

Question 26

Investigators must seek four common objectives of fraud:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Answer 26

criminal intent (mens rea), wrongful objective (deprive the owner of true property), disguise or concealment of objective (wrongful), reliance on the victim’s cupidity, carelessness, or compassion

Question 27

Some of the more common con games are:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 27

pigeon drop, payoff, and carnival bunco

Question 28

_______ ______ _____ is an ego-building swindle based on the hidden desire of many people to serve as a secret agent for the police.

Answer 28

bank examiner fraud

Question 29

________ and _______ _______ are marketplace swindles in which the buyer or investor is defrauded by the swindler’s misrepresentations

Answer 29

consumer and business frauds

Question 30

Common consumer frauds include these:
1.
2.
3.

Answer 30

bait and switch, repair fraud, misrepresentation

Question 31

The _____ ____ or _____ is the base of all investment frauds.

Answer 31

ponzi scheme or kiting

Question 32

In a _______ ______ the swindler uses money invested by new victims to pay a high interest on the investments of earlier victims - whose money the swindler has appropriated to his or her own use, rather than investing it as claimed in the sales pitch given the victim.

Answer 32

ponzi scheme

Question 33

______ _______ are based on promises to victims of rapid capital growth and a high and quick rate of returns in dividends, as well as special advantages such as tax shelters.

Answer 33

securities frauds

Question 34

Major frauds in the workplace are ______ or _______ frauds

Answer 34

computer or embezzlement

Question 35

________ is the conversion of another’s property over which the thief has custody or control.

Answer 35

embezzlement