Property Crime

4 major types of property crime

larceny theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, burglary

forgery and counterfeiting

distributing and making products/documents that look like already made products/documents

fraud

perversion of the truth to obtain money or property by false pretenses

embezzlement

misappropriation of funds that one has been entrusted to

career criminal

someone who commits crimes over an extended period of time

• crime is their job

• yields a greater cost to society

• start at a young age, continuing over the lifespan

• specialized

snitches

amateur shoplifters who tend to be young, impulsive, rebellious

• influenced by social pressure, excitement, free things, and ease

boosters

occupational shoplifters who tend to be more skilled, plan ahead, and receive a bigger payoff

• rational, less impulsive, create profit, sophisticated

cannons

professional pickpockets

fences

pays shoplifter for the goods to sell it to buyer to make profit

• acts as a middle man

tipsters

people who have access to other people that inform the innermost people who to target

5 characteristics of a professional thief

• well-developed technical skills

• status

• consensus

• learn from and protect one another

• organized

proft-motivated arsonist

arsonist who commits arson to themselves with the intent to defraud the insurance companies for a profit

revenge arsonist

arsonist who commits arson as an act of revenge for wrongdoing

vandalism arsonist

arsonist who commits arson to express hatred/disdain/terrorism, but does not use it as a way to get revenge

crime concealment arsonist

arsonist who uses arson to cover up a crime and destroy evidence

sabotage arsonist

arsonist who sets fire during something else to amplify situations

excitement arsonist

arsonists who commit arson due to a morbid obsession with setting/watching fires (pyromaniac)