Exam 12: Property Crime and Fraud

When teenage boys steal a car,it is generally for _____.

Burglary is the attempted or completed unlawful taking,carrying,leading,or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.

Which of the following is helping to drive motor vehicle theft south of the border?

Have you ever received a scam letter via email? What did it say? How did you respond?

Shoplifting is a Part _____ offense.

High-level burglars tend to be older than low-level ones and more apt to spend time searching for attractive targets.

Identify the different types of burglars and what factors separate them from one another.

If someone has attempted or completed unlawful entry into a dwelling,he has committed _____.

Who lets burglars know of safe,attractive targets? They come not only from the criminal world,but also from legitimate occupations.

Computer crime is a decreasing.

Social organization refers to:

Katz suggests that much crime is committed for "sneaky _____."

Which of the following comprise the vast majority of property offenders?

Identify and explain the major types of fraud and what separates fraud from theft.

Before welfare reform in the mid-1990s,welfare fraud involved amounted to _____ annually.

High-level burglars:

According to arrest data,the typical property offender is _____.

At the individual level,situational prevention especially focuses on burglary and motor vehicle theft and takes the form of target _____: efforts to make residences and businesses more difficult to burglarize,and motor vehicles less vulnerable to theft of the vehicle and/or of its contents.

Most shoplifters are snitches,or amateurs,who steal merchandise of little value that they keep for themselves.

Rationalizations play an important role in fencing.