property crime Flashcards
property crime
Broad range of offences involving property such as:
Motor vehicle theft, vandalism, break and enter, arson, fraud
property crime is the most ___ form of crime
common
in 2019, property crime accounted for ___ of all non-violent crimes reported to police
70%
property crime occurs at a rate ___ that of violent crime
3x
break and enter (canada)
Form of property crime that involves the illegal entry or attempt to trespass into a building or a dwelling without permission and with the intent of committing a theft or an act of vandalism. doesn’t involve face to face contact bc it occurs when owner is not present. does not have to involve theft
burglary (us)
Someone who uses force when encountering someone in the course of committing the crime
robbery (canada)
Associated with theft and some sort of violence (similar to burglary definition in US)
break ins statistics
- occurs every 90 seconds in canada
- most committed by amateurs
- drop in the cases of break and enters reported to the police over the past few years—increase in quality of security and rising insurance deductibles
- perpetrators often in and out in 5 minutes
motor-vehicle crime (MVC)
broad range of offences involving a car, truck, or SUV, including theft of a vehicle but also theft fro a vehicle and criminal damage to a vehicle
explaining reasons for MVC
joyriding, profit-motivated (usually carried out by organized crime groups; specialize is stealing and modifying cars for quick resale), short and long term transportation
arson
Form of vandalism involving destruction of one’s own or another’s property through use of fire or explosion
between 2001-2014, arson attacks ___ by ___%
dropped by 48%
playing with matches (wooden’s categories of juvenile arsonists)
Between the ages of 4-9, start the fire accidentally
crying for help (wooden’s categories of juvenile arsonists)
Between ages of 7 and 13, set fires to reduce anxiety or stress
Source of anxiety or stress related to family based issues - divorce, abuse, death in family
delinquent (wooden’s categories of juvenile arsonists)
14 to 18, set fire to property in retaliation to some form of criticism they have received
Most likely to be males and characterized by anger, antisocial personality, lack of regard for social rules and norms
severely disturbed (wooden’s categories of juvenile arsonists)
Personality disturbance, more likely to set numerous fires
arson statistics
Males more likely to be charged than females—86% of charged offenders
Median age of male fire setters is 19; for women is 33
adult fire-setting motives
arson for profit (Most common form in adults, eg set fire to their business experiencing a loss to claim insurance money), revenge, personality disorders may be a factor, covering up another crime
Deouglas and Olshaker studied common features in the early lives of rapists and other violent offenders and found a homicidal triad:
- arson/fire-setting
- cruelty to animals
- bedwetting at an inappropriate age
property crime accounts for almost ___% of all non-violent crimes reported to the police
70%
3 categories of B&E
residential, business, and those invovling other non-residential private structures (sheds, detached garages)
reasons for the significant drop in cases of B&Es overtime
increasing use and improved quality of security devices; rising insurance deductibles
household crime statistics (2)
- those who rent most at risk
- those in apartments/condos less likely to be victims than those in a detached home
target-hardening
installing better locks and home security devices - not very effective in preventing b&e
