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Nonviolent Theft Crimes

13 October, 2015 - 09:33

LEARNING OBJECTIVES  

  1. Define the criminal act element required for consolidated theft statutes.
  2. Define the criminal intent element required for consolidated theft statutes.
  3. Define the attendant circumstances required for consolidated theft statutes.
  4. Define the harm element required for consolidated theft statutes, and distinguish the harm required for larceny theft from the harm required for false pretenses theft.
  5. Analyze consolidated theft grading.
  6. Define the elements required for federal mail fraud, and analyze federal mail fraud grading.

Although crimes against the person such as murder and rape are considered extremely heinous, crimes against property can cause enormous loss, suffering, and even personal injury or death. In this section, you review different classifications of nonviolent theft crimes that are called white-collar crimes when they involve commercial theft. Upcoming sections analyze theft crimes that involve force or threat, receiving stolen property, and crimes that invade or damage property, such as burglary and arson. Computer crimes including hacking, identity theft, and intellectual property infringement are explored in an exercise at the end of the chapter.