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    On April 1 2008 i was charged with petiit larceny. The incident happened at Whitehall Jr/Sr highschool where i was a senior at the time. The previous day two of my friends and I had taken the bells that rang to change classes of the wall as a senior and April fools day prank. We had hidden the bells in the music room for the night so we could put them back the next day. On April 1 2008 when I attended school that day the principal had discovered the bells were missing a revuiewed the school…

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    drastically. By saying this they are letting criminals know it is harder to commit crimes because of things like this. Also, people are more alert now of days and deterrent. Arson and larceny crime might main the same for the fact larceny can commit larceny without even thinking about for instance in 2012 there were 6.2 million larceny thefts nationwide. For instance if you have an electronic car and use a plug at let’s say a school…

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    crime that includes among other crimes burglary (into shop, house or flat, also called breaking and entering and sometimes housebreaking), theft, larceny, shoplifting, pickpocketing, fraud, forgery, embezzlement, receiving stolen property, motor vehicle theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle. The term theft is sometimes used synonymously with larceny. Theft, however, is actually a broader term, encompassing many forms of deceitful taking of property, including swindling, embezzlement, and false…

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    commonly broken. Laws that’s are broken are considered crimes. Some regulations are broken more than others and some can easily be detected in a matter of second or matter of years. Chapter 14 discusses specific crimes such as Larceny/Theft, Fraud and, White Collar Crime. Larceny/theft is one of the eight index crimes reported in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports. According to Taylor (2015), theft occurs anytime an unauthorized taking of property from another with the…

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    A) Why were Laura Grove's actions classified as cash larceny rather than skimming? Provide an appropriate citation. Skimming is defined as; theft of cash prior to its entry into the accounting system. Cash larceny, although similar to skimming, is the theft of an organization’s cash after it has been recorded into a company’s books. (Wells, 2014) In the case of Laura Grove’s, her actions are consider cash larceny rather than skimming because a few factors. First the cash that was stolen was…

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    Thievery Research Paper

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    and it affects millions of people every year, but even worse is something called larceny or grand larceny. Larceny is not just stealing a video game or some chips, larceny is the theft of important, dangerous, or expensive items. Depending on where you live, the amount of theft to qualify you for larceny is different, though more often than not it's 750 dollars or more to qualify as larceny. There is no excuse for larceny, it's a horrible crime and we should…

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    “Because it involves planning, risk, and skill, burglary has been a crime long associated with professional thieves who carefully learn their craft” (Siegel 385). This quote, found in Criminology by Larry Siegel, describes the level of commitment required for being a burglar. Burglary is part of a larger set of crime known as property crime, also called economic crimes. These crimes can be defined as, “criminal activity motivated by financial gain” (Siegel 370). Besides burglary, property crimes…

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    criminal offense there must be Mens Rea, mental intent required to carry out crime, as well as Actus Reus, the physical act itself. Driver 1 is guilty of Unlawful Appropriation and Larceny from the person. Driver 2 is guilty of Assault with intent to commit specified felonies, Unlawful Appropriation, and Larceny from the person. The owner is guilty of Forgery and Counterfeiting. Forgery and Counterfeiting requires a, “person who shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or procure…

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    Jayquan is not currently on any form of juvenile supervision but he has been on juvenile probation in Chesapeake for an assault and battery charge in 2013. His case was closed to services on November 23, 2014, when he completed a period of probation, completed an anger management program, completed 25 hours of community service work and paid restitution. Jayquan also has a Learner’s Permit violation in Portsmouth on April 5, 2014. He was ordered to complete 15 hours of community service work…

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    Kolby Case Summary

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    for charges of Larceny Petit Theft. Since his release, he had picked up four new charges on 03/04/2013, mainly related to Larceny Grand Theft, Trespassing School Grounds, Robbery w/o Firearm and Battery Touch or Strike. The youth was deemed incompetent to proceed. On January of 2014, Kolby was later arrested for Burglary Tools Possession, which was a non-file and closed. Since that time the youth has been arrested in February of 2014 for Resist Officer Obstruct w/o Violence, Larceny Grand Theft…

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