CRM 1300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 131415: Motor Vehicle Theft, Identity Theft, Property Crime
8 Feb 2014
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Property crime committed by unskilled offenders who act when the opportunity arises: booster: Skilled, professional shoplifters who sell their stolen goods to fences or pawn shops: decision-making process: The ways judges and prosecutors determine what happens at various stages of the criminal justice system: fencing: The selling of stolen goods: fraud: (308) The temporary stealing of a car or other motor vehicle in order to drive or ride in it for the thrills: professional theft: Property crime committed by skilled offenders who carefully plan their offenses: rationalization: A justification or technique of neutralization that minimizes the guilt that criminal offenders may otherwise feel: sneaky thrill crimes: The pattern of relationships and roles in a society: support system: The network of tipsters and fences that help burglars carry out their burglaries and dispose of their stolen goods: target hardening: Efforts to make homes, stores and other buildings less vulnerable to burglary and other grimes: tax fraud: (309)
