Property Crime In America

There are many types of crime in American society which are all classified under different severities and punishments. The first type of crime we hear about in chapter 8 section 2 of the textbook is violent crime. Women are normally the victims of violent crime. A poll done shows that “37% of women worried about being sexually assaulted ‘Frequently’ or ‘Occasionally’ while only 6% of men answered the same way.”Barkan 8.2). Property crime is also an issue in American society. A large sum of the American population has been affected by property crime. Property crime is defined as “the category o f crime that includes among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, arson, shoplifting, vandalism, etc.”. Most property crimes are petty thefts but there are “professional property offenders” who tend to be older and quite skilled in the ways of …show more content…
White-Collar crime is also a category of crime Americans deal with. Defined as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation”. “White-collar crime as studied today includes auto shop repair fraud and employee theft by cashiers, bookkeepers, and other employees of relatively low status”(Barkan 8.2). “Organized crime refers to criminal activity by group or organizations whose major purpose for existing is to commit such crime.” Organized crime typically thrives in the illegal goods or services like drugs, prostitution, pornography, loan sharking, and gambling. “Consensual crime (also called victimless crime) refers to behaviors in which people engage voluntarily and willingly even though these behaviors violate the law.” , examples would be illegal drug use, prostitution, illegal gambling and other smaller crimes like speeding and