Exam 12: Property Crime and Fraud

There many types of _____ that plague the Internet and affect so many people in the United States and abroad.

Tax fraud,or tax evasion,involves:

Amateur criminals comprise the vast majority of property offenders.

Examples of _____ include better street lighting,camera surveillance,and the reconfiguring of physical space to establish clearer sight lines.

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.

Which of the following groups of property crimes does the FBI classifies as Part I offenses?

Katz described property offenses as sneaky thrill crimes that offenders commit because they are excited by the idea of stealing.

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

Professional property criminals are younger and rarely plan their offenses.

Which of the following is defined as attempted or completed unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft?

Burglars tend to target homes that are:

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

Rationalizations play an important role in fencing.

Rural areas have higher rates of property crime than urban areas.

Social organization refers to:

The FBI classifies four types-burglary,larceny-theft,motor vehicle theft,and arson-as Part I offenses.

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

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

Most shoplifters are _____,or amateurs.

As the police and news media remind us,burglars look for signs,_____,that people are away on vacation.