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    forms (Haigh, 2006). Burglary is a crime which has evolved drastically over time, but in all its forms it has always reflected the significance of breaking into a building, or part thereof, and the damage that it can cause to both people and property. Policymakers have long sought to use law to shape the physical environment to reduce crime (Anderson, MacDonald, Bluthenthal, & Ashwood, 2013). Such efforts date at least as far back as the Statute of Winchester in 1285, in which King Edward I required the widening of highways and removal of bushes that provided cover to robbers (Anderson, MacDonald, Bluthenthal, & Ashwood, 2013). Beginning in the 1970’s, criminologists and researchers began…

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    Eve Carpenter would not be charged of burglary under the Minnefornia law because the element of breaking was not fulfilled. There are also issues in the element of felony theft. In Minnefornia statute 342.5(a) burglary must include breaking and entering. It is not breaking unless one is tearing away or removing any part of a house or the locks, latches, or other fastenings intended to secure it. Felony theft 34.2(g) only occurs if there was intent to permanently deprive the owner of that…

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    Analyse the law on theft, robbery and burglary in a given scenario providing a reasoned conclusion. Referring to the case of Mr Paul Anthony and Mr Simon Jackson, both defendants would be liable to be found guilty on some grounds of the Theft Act (1968): Mr Anthony would most likely be found guilty for burglary under section 9, as burglary falls under a lot more than entering a building and stealing something. It’s definition being ‘he enters a building or part of a building as a trespasser…

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    Burglary, hacking, identity theft and stalking make the list as well. When people let their friends know about their amazing vacation or date night coming up it give burglars the perfect time to strike. The door should basically be unlocked. Along with burglary, at the peak of social media in 2010 was also the peak of identity theft. Identity theft ranked the 3rd highest complaint to the authorities and the number continues to grow. 9.3 million people reported identity theft in 12 months due to…

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    distinctly unusable. Ethical quality is not widespread and consequently can 't be connected to this concentrated society. One strategy for survival this group embraces is the development of an inward camp commercial center where merchandise are stolen and traded. To take part requires politeness and slyness. Levi portrays "experts in kitchen burglaries" whose "coats [are] swollen with interesting lumps" (79) and boasts about how it was his thought to "take the moves of diagram paper [… ] and…

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    Moving Away From Home

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    worker and all his belonging were not there. Assuming that the worker had left already, my father drove me and my little sister to school. The day continue to proceed as it normally would; after driving us to school, my parents would wake up ten and go to work at eleven. At two in the afternoon, my mother came from work to pick me and my little sister up from school. Since my family was too poor to hire a nanny, my mother would drive us to the restaurant, where we would stay until eleven and the…

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    some minstrel show to entertain the masses. Eventually they moved me to a sitting position, with one officer guarding me with his gun drawn. He was aiming it at me, but I think he was afraid of the crowd 's reaction. **Please Note, they already searched me and confiscated my belongings, I 'm handcuffed in a seated position and I had done nothing illegal up to this point.** Here is the scariest part to me, the two officers come back from searching my book bag and running my name through the…

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    personality in a blink of an eye? Well, that is how Jimmy Valentine became Ralph Spencer in 24 hours. Jimmy Valentine, a crook with many connections, got out of jail 38 months earlier. Valentine headed down to a small town by Elmore Arkansas where he changed every little piece of his burglary self within a day; including changing his name to Ralph Spencer. Then within a year Ralph was about to marry a daughter of a rich banker. Is it possible that Jimmy truly changed himself, or was it just…

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    Residential Burglars

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    for respect, commitment to illicit lifestyle and denial of those who do not adhere to the code of the street. The hustler’s major purpose for using the money they obtained from burglaries was to fund a lifestyle that was centered on illicit drug use, sexual promiscuity and expensive clothing, cars and jewelry. All of which they felt was necessary to command respect on the street. “Simply put, much of their offending was directed toward obtaining the funds necessary to sustain activities that…

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    Arthur Subject Matter: Burglary Charges "Arthur and Carl board the yacht and steal several thousand dollars worth of diamonds." Is Arthur guilty of Burglary? Rule COMMON LAW BURGLARY is the BREAKING and ENTERING of the DWELLING HOUSE of ANOTHER in the NIGHTTIME with the INTENT to COMMIT a FELONY THEREIN Modern Law Under Modern Law , a boat is a structure covered under burglary law.. "Under Modern Statue, often the requirement that the entry be accomplished by a breaking is…

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