Exam 10: Property Crime: Occasional, Conventional, and Professional

______ readily convert the burglar's booty into more portable cash.

Which kind of crime does a "booster" engage in?

Plate (1975) identified all of the following characteristics of profressional criminals except that ______.

Which of the following is the most common type of shoplifter?

The act of forestalling legal actions through bribery and corruption is known as "the fix."

Professional pickpockets are referred to as ______.

The societal reaction to occasional property offenders is relatively strong.

Young burglars are under 16 years of age and prey on local neighborhood targets chosen by chance or occasion.

Which of the following is the most common form of vandalism?

According to the text, pyromania is in the realm of the ______ offenders.

Occasional property criminals steal or damage property on an infrequent basis.

Profit-motivated arson is illustrated by insurance fraud, in which structures are purposely torched to collect on their insured value.

Conventional property criminals are more likely to be arrested and imprisoned.

Most arson is committed by amateurs, individuals who do not make a career out of burning down structures.

Under English common law, the basic offense, theft, was referred to as ______.

Explain how differential association theory helps one to understand property crime.

Offenders that are highly skilled, undertake extensive planning, and concentrate on big jobs because burglary is often their sole livelihood are referred to as ______.

Susie and her friends have temporarily borrowed her neighbor's car while they are sleeping. They decided to go out cruising. Unfortunately, the car runs out of gas and they abandon it in a supermarket parking lot. This is referred to as ______.

The argot associted with an individual who passes bad checks or money orders is referred to as ______.

An individual sets fire to a house to dispose of physical evidence. This is an example of ______ arson.