CRIM 101 Lecture 9: chapter 15:16 crim

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

Who gets prosecuted: 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 drabindki and. Myron gottblieb (of livent) in canada: nevertheless, the vast majority of property offenders who come before the courts are, young, have relatively low levels of education, and are poor (o"grady, 2015) Defining property crime: property crime involves taking money or property, unlike robbery, property crime, the main types of property crime in canada are, theft, break & enter, possession of stolen property, fraud, mischief, motor vehicle theft, arson. In 2012, break & enter was 43% lower than 10 years earlier. In 2012, motor vehicle theft was 57% lower than 10 years earlier.