section 11.1 Flashcards
____ and _____ account for 2/3 of all property crimes
larceny
theft
If you are charged with burglary and some other crime the other crime is _____/ ______.
larceny
theft
Usually, $100.00.
Grand Larceny
Under $100.00
petty larceny
Grand larceny is a
felony
Example, shoplifting a candy bar is going to be
petty larceny
Stealing an Ipod for $150.00 is
grand larceny
Example, in a business and steal something.
No illegal entering of a structure
example, pick pocketing usually not a robbery but it is _____ or ______.
larceny or theft
If you find something and don’t know who it belongs to that is considered
larceny
Example, coming into a room and there is a laptop on the table and no one in the room. You need to make a reasonable attempt to find the owner and then you can keep it in some jurisdictions depending. If not it is what?
larceny/ theft
Elements of the crime for larceny: 1. 2. 3. 4.
- stealing, taking, carrying, loading, driving away
- the personal goods, property, or services,
- valued above or below
- with intent to permanently deprive the owner
- stealing, taking, carrying, loading, driving away
- the personal goods, property, or services,
- valued above or below
- with intent to permanently deprive the owner
Elements of the crime for larceny
Example, i owe you $100.00 and never pay you it is not considered larceny. If you take something worth $100.00 than it is larceny. Why?
unpaid debts do not count as larceny
Does not have to be a tangible thing. Example, get in a taxi cab and they drive you and you get out and do not pay that is ______ their service.
Stealing
Usually above 100 dollars and that determines whether it is a _____ or ______.
felony or misdemeanor
Example, steal 100 pounds of copper and you go to trial for it 5 years later they count the value of the copper now not 5 years from now. This refers to what?
Market value at time of theft
Example, antique mall with different sellers. Steal from four people all under 100. They will charge you with what?
one count of grand larceny
Not just borrowing it. Example, fire outside someone runs in and takes the fire extinguisher off of the wall. It is valued above 100 but he did not have the intent to permanently deprive the owner. If he likes it and keeps it than it is what?
grand larceny
With intent to permanently deprive the owner can be formed afterwards. True or False
True
- Pickpockets/ purse snatchers
- bicycle theft
- theft from motor vehicles
- theft from motor vehicles
- mail/package
- Retail theft
Common kinds of theft
Example, walking along with a purse and someone grabs it from me, and run off sometimes that is charged as ____ and sometimes it is _____. It can fall under both
Larceny
robbery
Common. Easy to fence. People leave them in public a lot.
bicycle theft
bicycle theft is what
crime of opportunity
Thieves have found parking lots where they can test to see if car doors are open the goal is to not steal a car but the things inside. True or False
True
q lot of people steal from ______ and that is an extra thing because it is a federal offense.
mailboxes
Package theft is referred to as a what?
porch pirate
Theft that is a huge problem
retail theft
Hard to catch ______ in the act.
shoplifters
Example, go into the store and find something they have for sale hide it and walk out of the store.
Shoplifting
Stickers and you put a sticker for something that is cheaper.
modifying prices
Easy to steal because you know all the in and out of security. In a lot of businesses, the _______ are by far the ones more likely to steal.
employees
There are a lot of organized groups that do -____ theft.
retail
Distract employees while they grab stuff. Make fake credit cards and run them to make it look like they are checking out. These are examples of what?
Organized theft
Kill the animals out of season or illegally.
Poaching
A larceny from nature of the state. taking it in an illegal way.
Poaching
Stuff gets shipped on trucks and trains we steal it in transit. 18 wheelers park overnight and you steal from it.
Cargo Theft
Attractive subject of stealing because they are hard to track.
jewel theft
Notorious for getting rid of their property easily.
Jewelry theft
Mona Lisa stolen was a famous thing. This refers to what ?
art theft
Art theft is a big deal. Usually it is the lower-level art that is stolen because they want people to be able to afford it. True or False
True
Most famous art theft people in history was who?
Nazis
