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Page 1: Crimes Against Property. Arson  Willful and malicious burning of another person’s property.  It’s a crime to burn a building, even by the owner

Crimes Against Property

Page 2: Crimes Against Property. Arson  Willful and malicious burning of another person’s property.  It’s a crime to burn a building, even by the owner

Arson Willful and malicious

burning of another person’s property.

It’s a crime to burn a building, even by the owner.

Page 3: Crimes Against Property. Arson  Willful and malicious burning of another person’s property.  It’s a crime to burn a building, even by the owner

Arson Burning a building to defraud insurance is

a separate crime.

Arson has been used for racial violence,

now it is sometimes a bigger crime to burn a church than to burn anything else.

Page 4: Crimes Against Property. Arson  Willful and malicious burning of another person’s property.  It’s a crime to burn a building, even by the owner

Vandalism Willful destruction of,

or damage to, the property of another.

Includes breaking windows, graffiti, taking car hood ornaments, etc.

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Larceny Unlawful taking and carrying away of the

property of another person with intent to permanently deprive the owner of it.

Two classes – Grand larceny is larceny of $100 or more (felony). Petty larceny is taking anything under $100 (misdemeanor).

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Larceny also includes: Keeping lost property when a reasonable

method exists for finding its owner.

If you find a wallet with ID in it and decide to keep it instead of returning it, that’s larceny.

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Shoplifting A form of larceny.

Taking something from a store without paying or intending to pay for them.

Concealment is attempted shoplifting.

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Embezzlement The unlawful taking of

property by someone to whom it was entrusted.

Who do we entrust property to?

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Embezzlement Lawyers, stockbrokers, bank tellers,

employees, clergy, etc.

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Robbery The unlawful taking of property from a

person’s immediate possession by force or intimidation.

Robbery must include theft of property and actual or potential harm to the victim.

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Robbery Would a pickpocket be charged with

robbery?

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RobberyNo, because there’s no threat of

harm or harm.

A pickpocket would be charged with Larceny.

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ExtortionCalled “Blackmail”

The use of threats to obtain the property of another. Statutes cover threats to do physical harm, destroy property, or injure a person’s character or reputation.

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Burglary Unauthorized entry

into a building with intent to commit a crime.

Many states have harsher penalties for burglaries committed at night or with weapons.

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Forgery A person falsely makes or alters a writing

or document with intent to defraud.

Usually means signing another person’s name to a check or changing/erasing part of an existing document.

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Uttering Passing onto

someone as real a document known to be fake.

If you know a check has been forged, it’s illegal to use it at a store.

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Receiving stolen property Receipt of property

that you know or have reason to believe is stolen.

This includes buying out of the trunk of a car or buying at an unreasonably low price.

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Carjacking The use of force or intimidation to steal a

car from a driver.

This is a federal crime punishable by up to life in prison.

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Computer Crime Any violation of criminal law that involves

the use of computer technology to commit the prohibited act.

Examples: making fake IDs, stealing credit card numbers, Identity theft, spreading viruses to other computers, etc.