Property Crimes: Burglary, Larceny Theft

Burglary

1. Explain the distinction between the crime of burglary and the crime of robbery.
2. Identify the elements of burglary and the evidence needed to support each element for a conviction for the crime.
3. Defineburglary toolsand identify five different examples.
4. Identify and explain the five major methods of forceful safe entry.
5. Identify at least three different ways how an investigator might prove that property found with a suspect is stolen.
6. Why are burglary clearance rates so low?
7. What could be done to improve the clearance rates?
8. What prevention techniques could the following burglary locations implement to reduce the opportunity of being burglarized?
9. i.Private homes

ii.Businesses

iii.Commercial retail businesses

iv.Storage facilities

1. What role does physical evidence play in burglar investigations?
2. Do you agree that burglary suspects should be convicted on circumstantial evidence?
3. What criteria (if any) should be used to make burglary arrests?
4. How can stolen property be recovered from burglary cases if it is sold on the Internet?

• An ID Theft Investigator (PLS IGNORE IF NOT applicable to your expertise/experience)

1. Discussion topics include:

• Explain your role in investigating ID theft cases.
• Can you give some examples of cases you have investigated?
• Can you show examples of some of the artifacts that you use as evidence in either your investigation or in court such as:
• Photographs
• Credit reports
• False or stolen identification cards
• Affidavits
• Surveillance video
• Other?
• What is the role of circumstantial evidence in ID theft investigations and prosecutions?
• Can you comment on the ID theft clearance rates at your department?
• Have you experienced a false ID theft allegation from a "victim?" What were the motivations?
• Do victims commonly over-estimate loss, exaggerate, or lie about what actually was a loss to increase the amount reported to financial institutions or insurance companies?
• What are the common procedures to investigate ID theft?