SOCI 3810 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary, Embezzlement

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 3810
• Professor: Brittany Martin

Document Summary

Ncvs > 2. 9 million victims of burglaries. Ucr > 1. 5 million offenses (about 21% of all property crime) About 60% of burglaries are reported to the police & 15% lead to arrests (4) value of losses 2014 > ,200 per incident & . 9 billion total. Compared to robbery which had million in losses (2014) (5) social correlates similar to other crimes. More common in neighborhoods with higher residential mobility and ethnic diversity. Us v. other industrialized countries us has 14th highest rate in world (6) offender pro le. Pro le may not be representative of most burglars bc only 60% are reported and only 15% lead to arrests (7) victim pro le 2 different classi cations of victims a. individual victims. Similar to other crimes > young, single, urban-dweller, living in multi-unit housing, ethic/racial minorities. Why are they victims? (1) routine activities (2) social disorganization residence/building as victims b. Residence isolated and away from streets is good target.