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Property & Economic Crime Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the link between violent, property and economic crimes?

A

Many of them involve a dehumanization of the victim.

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Which crime offers the greatest probability of success with the least amount of risk?

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Break & Enter

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What circumstances do break and enters most happen? (According to statistics)

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  • Residential (daytime/weekday)
  • Business (night/weekends)
  • Summer months
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What is the prominent age/sex of offenders for B&E?

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< 25 years of age and male.

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When are juveniles more likely to commit B&E?

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3pm-6pm or after school hours.

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6
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Are B&E’s random?

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Not normally. The offender uses a number of situational cues to narrow down on targets.

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7
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What are occupancy proxies?

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Burglar alarms, dogs, neighbours, lights, mail build up.

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What are common entry methods for B&E?

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Patio door, cut window, force back door via garage.

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Over ____ of offenders work with accomplices.

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Half

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What are the motivations for B&E crimes?

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  • Monetary gain
  • Sense of accomplishment
  • Social
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11
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What is rational reconstruction?

A

Look up

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What are the three types of burglars based on their modus operandi?

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  • Feral Threat
  • Riddlesmith
  • Dominator
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What is the feral threat burglar?

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Malicious vandalism and senseless destruction and desecration of the property; more common in juvenile offenders.

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What is a Riddlesmith burglar?

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Any damage caused is a means to the end of demonstrating the intelligence and superiority of the offender.
Ex: Paint taunting clues on the
walls.

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What is a dominator burglar?

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Purposely chooses to break into occupied homes in order to terrorize and dominate the occupants.

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16
Q

Why do people who commit B&E use substances?

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Allows for management of anxiety and increases focus.

17
Q

How does the criminal code describe theft?

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“Everyone commits theft who fraudulently and without colour of right.”

18
Q

What is identity theft?

A

Misappropriation of another person’s personal identification information and subsequent use of this information to take over existing financial processes.

19
Q

What would you do with a stolen identity?

A
  • Drain bank accounts
  • Opening up new credit cards
  • Take out a mortgage or loan
20
Q

Who are predominantly shoplifters?

A

Women

21
Q

What is the invariance hypothesis?

A

Pattern of decreased recidivism over time. Crime declines with age everywhere and at all times.

22
Q

What are the five shoplifting types?

A
  • Semi-professional
  • Amateur
  • Episodic
  • Impulse
  • Occasional
23
Q

What is the semi-professional shop lifter?

A
  • 12%
  • Theft once a week
  • Annual worth of items < $2000
  • Denial of inappropriateness of
    behavior.
24
Q

What is the amateur shop lifter?

A
  • 56%
  • Theft of personal items
  • Knows its morally wrong
25
Q

What is the episodic shop lifter?

A
  • 2%
  • May be related to mental/
    emotional problems that had
    a compulsive quality to them.
26
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What is the impulse shop lifter?

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  • 15%
  • Wanted item they can’t afford
  • Appropriate affective reaction
  • Low recidivism
27
Q

What is the occasional shop lifter?

A
  • 15%
  • Less impulsive and driven by
    sensation seeking
  • Appropriate affective reaction
  • Low recidivism
28
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What is robbery?

A

Taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody or control of a person or by force/violence.

29
Q

What are the characteristics of bank robbery?

A
  • 2%
  • Low risk of encountering
    resistance.
  • High clearance rate
  • Amateurs (80%, single, less
    sophisticated.)
  • Professionals (Armed)
30
Q

What are the characteristics of commercial robbery?

A
  • 15%
  • Convenience stores, fast-food
    restaurants.
31
Q

What are the characteristics of street robbery?

A
  • 43%
  • Opportunity rather than
    planning
  • Characteristics of carjacking
32
Q

What are the characteristics of “professional robbers?”

A
  • Control and handling of victims
  • Need cash to support impulsive
    lifestyle.
33
Q

What are the four typologies of group robberies proposed by porter and alison (2006)?

A
  • Dominance
  • Submissive
  • Cooperation
  • Hostility

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