Planning And Spontaneity For An Understanding Of Crime

Discuss the factors of planning and spontaneity for an understanding of novice and professional thieves’ motivations. People steal for various reasons. In fact, thieves mostly have an agenda when it comes to crime. For example, a car thief does not steal cars without planning out how they will steal the car, the type of car or any other factors associated with stealing that particular crime. Sometimes innocent bystanders get carjacked and the thief flees the scene before the bystander has realized what has happened to them. Both novice and professional thieves can both commit caar jacking crimes but go about it in different ways. Motor vehicle thieves can be both spontaneous and planners depending on the motivation behind the crime. For instance, people who tend to “joy ride” would be considered opportunists while car thieves who need financial gain often use planning when considering committing car theft. Novice thieves often seek opportunity while professional thieves need time to proper plan the crime. Novice criminals regularly look for unlocked cars, people who leave keys in ignition, home doors unlocked, left purse on a bench at the park, etc. They initially did not intend to steal anything but spontaneously decided to. Sometimes novice criminals act on the fact that people are careless and use their carelessness to commit crimes …show more content…
These professional criminals whether it is a small or large crime will plan out the crime down to the mots smallest detail in hopes of getting away with it. Everything is often well thought out. Professional criminals possess more advance skills such as research of other criminals in order to develop their own style of crime. Both novice and professional criminals seek out crime but ultimately use different methods to committing them. In essence, both types of criminals want to receive some kind of personal gain from the crimes they