SOC446H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Avail, Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft
Document Summary
Chapter 3: changing criminal opportunities and the unskilled examines how in a world of rapidly changing criminal opportunities their criminal option also are limited by their background. The same handicaps that limit access by persistent thieves to well-paying, respectable, an d legitimate means of livelihood also reduce their ability to take advantage of some of tod ay"s most attractive criminal opportunities. Most contemporary persistent thieves either are unable or else they refuse to exploit these opportunities, and they continue instead to mine the lowgrade but readily accessible ore o f unremunerative crime. The attractive or bountiful criminal opportunities of one place or time can be transformed or even disappear in a few short years: train robbery, safe cracking. Developments in technology have made safes harder to crack and doesn"t provide a good career option for thieves. Also the smash and grab of post ww2 and train robberies have also declined due to increased security.
