The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which is gathered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is a primary source for crime statistics in the United States (Walsh 2015, p. 25). Through the UCR, the citizens and the law enforcement officers can see the crime rates or statistics in a given city. The UCR identifies offenses in two categories, Part I – the index crime and Part 2 – the less serious crime. The index crime is the violent crimes, property crimes, and human trafficking. Violent crimes include homicide, assault, forcible, rape, and robbery. The property crimes include larceny or theft, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The second category of the UCR is the less serious crime such as vandalism, gambling, drunkenness, disorderly
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Examples are thefts of bicycles, motor vehicle parts and accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or the stealing of any property or article that is not taken by force and violence or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, check fraud, etc., are excluded” (2014). While doing this research and analyzing the crimes, the first theory that can to my mind was the routine activist theory. Routine activities theory stresses that criminal behavior takes place with the three variables that reflect our everyday routines. In this theory, it states that there should be a motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of a guardian (Walsh 2015, p. 61). The reason why this theory came to mind was because we all know when our neighbors’ leave the house or when or what our neighbors’ brought. I have lived in both of the cities and in both of the cities there was always someone in the neighborhood whose house will be …show more content…
The lack of guidance was the reason why these homes were being robbed. This is my main concern because the majority of the time I am not at home in the mornings and my neighbors know at what time I leave the house and at what time I come back home. Due to the increasing reports of a burglary in my neighborhood, I had to install a security program and it is not just me but many other people in my neighborhood have also installed security systems. But to my surprise not much changed. There are still burglaries and robberies in my
Examples are thefts of bicycles, motor vehicle parts and accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or the stealing of any property or article that is not taken by force and violence or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, check fraud, etc., are excluded” (2014). While doing this research and analyzing the crimes, the first theory that can to my mind was the routine activist theory. Routine activities theory stresses that criminal behavior takes place with the three variables that reflect our everyday routines. In this theory, it states that there should be a motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of a guardian (Walsh 2015, p. 61). The reason why this theory came to mind was because we all know when our neighbors’ leave the house or when or what our neighbors’ brought. I have lived in both of the cities and in both of the cities there was always someone in the neighborhood whose house will be …show more content…
The lack of guidance was the reason why these homes were being robbed. This is my main concern because the majority of the time I am not at home in the mornings and my neighbors know at what time I leave the house and at what time I come back home. Due to the increasing reports of a burglary in my neighborhood, I had to install a security program and it is not just me but many other people in my neighborhood have also installed security systems. But to my surprise not much changed. There are still burglaries and robberies in my