Property Crime

(noun)

Property crime is a category of crime that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime only involves the taking of money or property, and does not involve force or threat of force against a victim.

Related Terms

Examples of Property Crime in the following topics:

  • Property Crime

    • Property crime only involves the taking of money or property, and does not involve force or threat of force against a victim.
    • The peak age for property crime arrests in the United States is 16, compared to 18 for violent crime arrests.
    • Property crime only involves the taking of money or property, and does not involve force or threat of force against a victim.
    • Property crimes are high-volume crimes, with cash, electronics, power tools, cameras, and jewelry often targeted.
    • The peak age for property crime arrests in the United States is 16, compared to 18 for violent crime arrests.

  • Types of Crime

    • Sex crimes are forms of human sexual behavior that are crimes.
    • Some sex crimes are crimes of violence that involve sex.
    • Property crime is a category of crime that includes burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism.
    • Property crime only involves the taking of money or property, and does not involve force or threat of force against a victim.
    • Although robbery involves taking property, it is classified as a violent crime, since force, or threat of force, on an individual is involved, in contrast to burglary which typically takes place in an unoccupied dwelling or other unoccupied building.

  • Theories of Deviance

    • Individuals may engage in deviant or criminal behavior because they lack the physical resources necessary to survive, committing property crimes like thefts or selling drugs in order to procure such resources.
    • The criminal justice system is also structured to reflect differences in power and property, as white collar crime illustrates.
    • That such crimes are not tracked more clearly suggests that there is less of an emphasis placed on prosecuting white collar crime than there is on prosecuting other types of crime (property and violent crime) in the U.S.
    • Another illustration of how criminal behavior is tied to inequality and power is in the oft-stated motivation for committing property crimes - a lack of money and resources.
    • Many individuals who commit property crimes do so because they are in need of money.

  • Crime Statistics

    • Crime statistics attempt to provide statistical measures of the crime in societies.
    • Crime statistics attempt to provide statistical measures of the crime in societies.
    • By contrast, nonviolent crime involves harm to property and/or possessions.
    • Fraud or certain drug charges are examples of nonviolent crimes.
    • Because of the difficulties in quantifying how much crime actually occurs, researchers generally take two approaches to gathering statistics about crime.

  • Violent Crime

    • A violent crime is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens to use violent force upon the victim.
    • A violent crime is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens to use violent force upon the victim.
    • Violent crimes include crimes committed with and without weapons.
    • With the exception of rape (which accounts for 6% of all reported violent crimes), males are the primary victims of all forms of violent crime.
    • The comparison of violent crime statistics between countries is usually problematic due to the way different countries classify crime.

  • Global Crime

    • Global crime, such as Transnational Organized Crime, refers to any crime that is coordinated across national borders.
    • Global crime can refer to any organized crime that occurs at an international or transnational level.
    • Like national and local organized crime, global crime includes highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit.
    • Transnational organized crime (TOC or transnational crime) is organized crime coordinated across national borders, involving groups or networks of individuals working in more than one country to plan and execute illegal business ventures.
    • While the International Criminal Court can prosecute individuals for crimes against humanity, it has no jurisdiction over other global crimes.

  • Riots

    • A riot is a form of civil disorder characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of violence, vandalism or other crime.
    • Riots typically involve vandalism and the destruction of private and public property.
    • The specific property to be targeted varies depending on the cause of the riot and the inclinations of those involved.

  • Violence in Schools

    • In 2001, students between the ages of 12 and 18 were the victims of 2 million crimes at school, and 62% of those crimes were thefts.
    • In the 12 months before they took the survey, 12.4% of students had been in a physical fight on school property at least once.
    • While these numbers are alarming, data also shows that most crimes at school are not violent.
    • In 2001, students between the ages of 12 and 18 were the victims of two million crimes at school, but 62% of those crimes were thefts.
    • A neighborhood environment may contribute to school violence if a community has high rates of crime or drug use.

  • Crime

    • Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction.
    • Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction.
    • Crimes may also result in cautions, rehabilitation, or be unenforced.
    • Individual human societies may each define crime and crimes differently, in different localities, and at different time stages of the crime.
    • Similarly, changes in the collection and calculation of data on crime may affect the public perceptions of the extent of any given "crime problem."

  • Organized Crime

    • Organized crime refers to transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals.
    • Organized crime refers to transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit.
    • Organized crime groups operate as smaller units within the overall network, and as such tend towards valuing significant others, familiarity of social and economic environments, or tradition.
    • Bureaucratic and corporate organized crime groups are defined by the general rigidity of their internal structures.
    • Organized crime groups often victimize businesses through the use of extortion or theft and fraud activities like hijacking cargo trucks, robbing goods, committing bankruptcy fraud, insurance fraud, or stock fraud.