Burglary Burglary may be defined as the act of entering a structure unlawfully for the purpose of committing a crime. The term structure refers to a business premises, warehouse, private residence or any general building or property. Burglary is not dependent on the use of force to gain illegal access to the property. A burglar does not need to break into and enter a structure. Going through an unlocked door or open window is still defined as burglary. The Federal Bureau of Investigation runs a Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program (McCollister French & Fang, 2010). According to the program, burglary crimes can be further classified into three groups, that is, forcible entry, attempted forcible entry and unlawful entry where the burglar does not use force to enter the property. The UCR program provides helpful statistics that help to illustrate the extent burglary related crimes. According to data from the year 2010, burglaries made up almost a quarter of all the property crimes carried out …show more content…
The burglar may decide to pick a lock or climb through an open window. There does not have to be full entry for one to be guilty of burglary. The most important aspect is that the entry occurs without the consent of the property owner. Initially, burglary was defined as an offence of unauthorized entry into private homes but now a wide range of buildings and structures fall under the definition. The intent to commit a crime in the structure is the third and last element of burglary. It differentiates a burglary from the crime of breaking in. The elements of the crime burglary highlight that the purpose of the law is to protect homes and businesses against such attacks. Burglary safeguards private property by criminalizing unlawful entry where the entrant has the intent to take property (Millie, 2005). This is why it is immaterial whether property is taken or not during a
I, Deputy John Arnold, was dispatched to 3344 West 83rd Street South in Creek County, Oklahoma in reference to an unwanted subject. Dispatch advised a white male wearing a pink back pack was at the residence and was not leaving. Dispatch identified the unwanted subject as Defendant NOAH STINSON.
UCR or known as the Uniform crime reports is an annual report published by the FBI in the DOJ, which is meant to estimate most of the major street crimes in the United States.The main purpose of the UCR is basically to collect as many crimes or reliable crimes that come up as crime statistics so it can be used in our law enforcement administration. The Ucr is a very helpful tool for the law. The system was created in 1929. It provided information for criminologists,sociologists, and even the media. The Ucr mostly concentrates on assaults and robberies. The NIBRS or the national incident based reporting system is the system that the government uses for gathering data about recent or past crimes. The system has a lot of purposes but one of the main purposes’ is to evaluate the crimes associated with any current culture of violence theories.
Scarce research is available on active offenders due to their unwillingness to corporate with researchers and past and convicted offenders may have changed their perspectives after being convicted or left their lifestyle of crime. The most reliable data on these offenses and their perpetrators may come from active burglars themselves. Richard T. Wright and Scott Decker’s book, Burglars on the Job seeks to explain the reasons why burglars commit the crimes they do. They have taken their research to another level by gaining the trust of active offenders in the St. Louis area and gaining inside knowledge of these criminals’ daily lives and their crimes. This paper will address
Property crime is a classification of crime that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime only includes the taking of money or property, and doesn’t involve force or intimidation of force against a victim. An example of property crime would be “A supermarket worker who was jailed for stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds of Asda gift vouchers "amassed a fortune" which she
The Uniform Crime Report, which was developed in the 1930s, is commonly used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a record of crimes committed all across the United States. These crimes, which fall under two categories, Part I and Part II offenses, are reported by local police to the Federal Bureau of Investigation each year. Part I offenses are considered to be the more serious of crimes recognized by society. Such examples of this are homicide, forcible rape, robbery, arson, motor vehicle theft, etc. Part II offenses are those that are considered less serious, such as fraud, simple assault, drug abuse, gambling, stolen property, embezzlement, etc. Part I crimes can also be subdivided into what are known as violent crimes and
Violent crime covers four categories of offenses: robbery, forcible rape, aggravated assault, murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Property crime on the other hand comprises four classes of offences namely: arson, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and larceny (Bioshop and Frazier, 2006).
Burglary is the criminal offense of breaking and entering any dwelling or building illegally with the intent to commit a felony or crime. Under common law in order to constitute the offense the illegal entry should be into the dwelling of another at night. Under the New York statute law burglary can be defined in three degrees. Burglary in the first degree is when the offender knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein, and when, in effecting entry or while in the dwelling or in immediate flight there from, he or another participant in the crime is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon, causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime, uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument and displays what appears to be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm. Burglary in the first degree is a Class B felony. Burglary in the second
The demonstration of burglary can happen pretty much anyplace and at whatever time. Burglaries can take put in private or open spots. Burglary is the robbery from an individual by utilization drive and
Deputy’s Assignment: I was dispatched to 10608 West 73rd Street on Monday, December 11th, 2017 for a larceny complaint. I spoke to Jimmy Holman who said his vehicle was broken into and items missing.
Ever wonder how crimes are measured? What is FBI Uniform Crime Report data? How these Crime Statistics are produce? And how is burglary define?
I am going to begin by discussing the violent crime. There are 4 main classes of violent crime. These classes consist of: Murder and Negligient Homicide, Forcible Rape, Robbery and Aggravated Assault. These crimes are usually defined as offenses that include force or the threat of force. The violent crimes are listed under the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. There are other crimes which classify as violent crimes, these include: Burglary, Larceny-theft and Motor Vehicle theft. The FBI uses a system to classify crimes from the worst crime, Murder and Negligient Homicide, being at the top of the list, and the least serious crime, Motor Vehicle theft, being at the bottom of the list. One crime which is listed on both violent crimes and property crimes is Arson, depending on the circumstances surrounding the offense at the time.
Unlike, violent crimes, property crime are one of the most common types of criminal offense and are offenses taken out against the property. Property crimes range from burglary, theft, shoplifting, arson, and vandalism. In this particular time, we will be discussing the property crime, vandalism. According to Yavuz, & Kuloğlu (2010), vandalism is the act of social, mental, spatial and economical aspects, which have negative effects on the
This paper presents statistics on major factors that affects the property crime rates in the U.S.
Burglary and robbery are different in many ways, but are the same. Burglary is when a person unlawful entry to a person home or business building to commit the act of theft or a felony. When the action of a burglary is committed by someone, the victim does not have to be present at the time of the incident. (DeMille, 2016). When dealing with building types it can be numerous kind of business offices. Burglary must take place when a person only unlawfully entered your home or building without permission. Depending on the state’s the status of the laws for the offense of burglary can be considered a felony. Robbery is when a person has taken or trying to take something from another person that has value unlawfully by force, intimidation or even threatening that person. Robbery is different from burglary because in order for a person to commit the offense of robbery, a victim must be present at the time of the incident for the crime to occur. Depending on the states and the values of the item that was taken from the victim at the time of the incident the states statues of the laws for the offense of robbery can be considered a felony. (DeMille, 2016). Burglary and robbery are the same in only one category; both are considered to be property crimes.
Crimes against people include assault, kidnapping, murder, and sexual attacks. Such crimes usually bring severe punishments. Crimes against property include arson, automobile theft, burglary, embezzlement, forgery, fraud, larceny, and vandalism. In most cases, these crimes carry lighter penalties than the crimes set against the person. Robbery is the crime most difficult to classify. The law considers robbery a crime against the person or against the property, according to the case. Robbery may involve simply stealing property from another person, but when a personal encounter occurs between the robber and his victim, it may include violence and bodily harm. This usually occurs during muggings or other strong-arm robberies.