CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: John Stuart Mill, Bernard Madoff, Escort Agency
16 Oct 2016
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The growth of property and theft laws can be traced to the rise of commerce and industrialization in 18th century. The newly emerged economic class of traders and industrialists required protection for their properties and business interests. Thus, this time period witnessed the emergence of laws against obtaining goods under false pretences and. Research actually indicates that the majority of street crimes are intra-class (the working class stealing from the working class, not from the propertied class) In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing number of wealthy individuals being prosecuted for property crime e. g. , bernie madoff in the us, garth drabinski. Nevertheless, the vast majority of property offenders who come before the courts are young, have relatively low levels of education and are poor . Property crime involves taking money or property. Unlike robbery, property crime does not involve force, or threat of force. The main types of property crime in canada are:
