CJ 3533-410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: The Public Interest

• School: App State
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 3533-410
• Professor: Elicka Sparks

Document Summary

Things a thief can do with stolen goods: use it themselves, likes the cd, clothes fit them, trade it for other illegally stolen goods. Find someone who wants the item and has something worth trading for: sell it directly to others. Must wait around or find a buyer: sell to a go between who sells it to the public. Does not pay well, steal worth of goods to get or . Sequence for crime: thief steals the loot from the public, sells the loot back to the public, gets money for it, spends that money as a consumer. Need to ask not only if people respond to temptation but whether they are exposed to temptation. The more times people are exposed to stolen goods, the more they are likely to accept. Mixed in and sold with legally sold items. Sting operations: deceptive operations used to catch criminals.