Exam 11: Property Crimes

A bank robbery is considered an institutional robbery.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the change in property crime over time?

Why do robberies occur most frequently in winter?

According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, women are robbed more frequently than men.

Summarize Gibbons' typology of property crime offenders.

Why is robbery defined differently than burglary?

What would Hirschi suggest about property crime?

Where are robberies most likely to occur?

Professional thieves commit a variety of property offenses without specializing to any significant degree.

Which of the following property crimes typically involves the most amount of planning?

David is part of a gang of shoplifters. Each member of the gang has a special role to play. One distracts any security, another handles a cargo truck, another sneaks into warehouses and coordinates quickly moving the maximum amount of high-priced goods into the waiting truck. He and his gang make thousands of dollars a month. What kind of thief is David?

When robbery is not defined as a property crime, what is it called?

Jack Katz would argue that property crimes are committed because they provide an alternate means of gaining community respect.

Miranda specializes in car theft. With her skills, she can steal a car in minutes and quickly resell it for a huge profit. She has been doing this for years, spending a few weeks at a time in each city, then moving on to avoid apprehension. What kind of thief is Miranda?

What is the largest single category of larceny-theft?

Distinguish between professional and persistent thieves.

Which property crime is most likely to be interracial?

How does household income level influence rate of property crime victimization?

Burglaries are usually committed with very little planning.

Robbery typically occurs between people who know each other.