Ch.11

Question 1

Petit (petty) larceny

Answer 1

Theft of a small amount of money or property, punished as a misdemeanor

Question 2

Burglary

Answer 2

Entering a home by force, threat, or deception with intent to commit a crime

Question 3

Professional criminals

Answer 3

Offenders who make a significant portion of their income from crime

Question 4

Embezzlement

Answer 4

A type of larceny in which someone is trusted with property fraudulently converts it to his or her own use for the use of others

Question 5

Shoplifting

Answer 5

The taking of goods from retail stores

Question 6

Occasional criminals

Answer 6

Offenders who do not define themselves by a criminal role or view themselves as committed career criminals

Question 7

Grand larceny

Answer 7

Theft of money or property of substantial value, punished as a felony

Question 8

False pretenses (fraud)

Answer 8

Misrepresenting a fact in a way that causes a deceived victim to give money or property to the offender

Question 9

Systematic forgers

Answer 9

Professionals who make a living by passing bad checks

Question 10

Merchant privilege laws

Answer 10

Legislation that protects retailers and their employees from lawsuits if they arrest and detain a suspected shoplifter on reasonable grounds

Question 11

Confidence game (con game)

Answer 11

A swindle, often involving a get-rich-quick scheme, and often with illegal overtones so that the victim will be afraid or embarrassed to call the police

Question 12

Arson

Answer 12

The willful, malicious burning of a home, building, or vehicle

Question 13

Larceny

Answer 13

Taking for one’s own use the property of another, by means other than force or threats on the victim or forcibly breaking into person’s home or workplace; theft

Question 14

Naïve check forgers

Answer 14

Amateurs who can cash bad checks because of some financial crisis but have little identification with a criminal subculture