Lecture 10: Property Crime Flashcards
Property crime incorporates several different crimes
domestic and non-domestic burglary
theft from the person
shoplifting
How many police recored crime
60% of all police recored
why has domestic fallen?
domestic burglary all falls a t a higher rate than other offences
Impact of Covid-19 does it increase or decrease
crime overall continues to decrease by 19%
Did fraud increase in COVID-19 & why?
Increased because of behavioural changes
What is property crime?
Property crime refers to a collection of crimes that involves illegal acquiring property or damaging property
What is the most common type of property crime?
Fraud and criminal damage
When does property crime occur?
During the evening/ at night and at peoples homes
What affect did Covid-19 lead to
It led to a significant drop in some types of property crime, although fraud and computer crimes increased
Burglary what % time of day
8% in the morning
24% afternoon
25% evening
25% overnight
Why has property crime, domestic burglary declined?
Household security
Who are burglary victims?
Urban area
highest unemployment
rural areas
private and social renters
Who are burglary victims
16-24 are more likely to be victims than 65+
Lower income households
Who says about emotional impact?
Shapland and Hall 2007
Who study is behavioural impact?
Wollinger 2017
What is strain theory?
What is rational choice theory?
What is mountie activities theory?
Who adopted rational choice theory perspective
Bernasco and Luykx 2003
- attractiveness
-Opportunity
-accessibility
Taylor 2018
Situational crime prevention give some examples
Target hardening
Increase the risk of detection
Displacement effect
What is Kirkholt burglary Prevention project (Forrester et al 1988)
2,280 homes in local community which twice the rate of domestic burglay
- Target removal
- target hardening (improve security)
- Increase surveillance (neighbour watch’
What did Taylor (2018) use for research?
used verbal protocol analysis and semi-structured interviews
