Ch. 11: Property Crimes

Criminology: Property  crimes

21 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

Cards In This Set

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Occasional criminals
Offedes who do not define themselves by a criminal role or view themselves as committed vareer crimincals
Situational inducement
Short-term influence on a person's behacior, such as financial problems or peer pressure, which increases risk taking
Professional criminals
Offenders who make a significant portion of their income from crime
Larceny
Taking for one's own use the property rime of another, by means other than force or threats on the citim or forcibly breaking into a person's home or workplace; theft.
Constructive possession
A legal fiction that applies to situations in whcih persons voluntarily give up physical custody of their property but still retain legal ownership
Petit (petty) larceny
Theft of a small amount of money or property, punished as a misdemeanor
Grand larceny
Theft of money or property of substantial valie; punished as a felony
Shoplifting
The taking of good from retail stores
Snitch
Amateur shoplifer who does not self-identify as a thief but who systematically steals merchandise for personal use
Booster (heel)
Professional shoplifter who steals with the intention of reselling stolen merchandise
Merchant privlege laws
Legislation that protects retailers and their employees from lawsuits if they arrest and detain a suspected shoplifter on reasonable grounds
Target removal strategy
Displaying dummy or disabled goods as a means of preventing shoplifting
Target hardening strategy
Locking good into place or using electronic tags and sensing devices as means of preventing shoplifting
Naive check forgers
Amateurs who cash bad checks because of some financial crisis but have little identification with a criminal subculture
Systematic forgers
Professionals who make a living by passing bad checks