Property Crimes

Question 0

Situational inducement

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Short term influence on a persons behaviour such as financial problems or peer pressure that increases risk taking

Question 1

Occasional criminals

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Offenders who do not define themselves by a criminal role or view themselves as committed career criminals

Question 2

Professional criminals

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Offenders who make a significant portion of their income from crime

Question 3

Theft

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Taking for ones own use the property of another, by means other than force or threats on the victim or forcibly breaking into a persons home or work place

Question 4

Constructive possession

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A legal fiction that applies to situations in which persons voluntarily give up physical custody of their own property but still retain legal ownership

Question 5

Theft under 5000

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Theft where the value of the property stolen does not exceed 5000, treated as a hybrid offence for which the crown can proceed by way of summary conviction or indictment

Question 6

Theft over 5000

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Theft where the value of property stolen exceeds 5000 treated as an indictable offence

Question 7

Shoplifting

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The taking of goods from retail stores

Question 8

Booster

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Professional shoplifter who steals with the intention of reselling stolen merchandise

Question 9

Fence

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A Reciever of stolen goods

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Snitch

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Amateur shoplifter who does not self identify as a thief but who systematically steals merchandise for personal use

Question 11

Arrest by owner of property

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The right of the owner or designAte to arrest without warrant anyone found commuting a criminal offence on or in relation to owners property

Question 12

Target removal strategy

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Displaying dummy or disabled goods as means of preventing shoplifting

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Target hardening strategy

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Locking goods into place or using electronic tags and sensing devices as means of preventing shop lifting

Question 14

False pretences

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Misrepresenting a fact in a way that causes a deceived victim to give money or property to offender

Question 15

Fraud

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Use of deceit or falsehood whether or not it is a false pretence to obtain property money or other valuables from person or public

Question 16

Naive cheque forgers

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Amateurs who cash bad cheques because of some financial crisis but have little identification with a criminal sub culture

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Systematic forgers

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Professionals who make a living by passing bad cheques

Question 18

Confidence game

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A swindle usually involving. Get rich quick scheme often with illegal overtones so that the victim will be afraid or embarrassed to call the police

Question 19

Burglary (break and enter)

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Breaking into and entering a place with the intent to commit an indictable offence

Question 20

Embezzlement (breach of trust )

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Taking and keeping the property of others such as clients or employers with which one has been entrusted