Final Criminal Studies 2025/2026 Exam
Questions Marking Scheme New Update
| A+ Rated
what is the most prevalent crime in our society? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Larceny
(stealing or theft)
what are some elements of larceny? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-trespassing
-taking and carrying away
-requiring the personal property belonging to another
-intent to deprive the owner of the property permanently
what is a reason you wouldn't be charged with larceny? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔if
you don't actually take something
,what is the extent of larceny in the United States? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔larceny
is extraordinarily high
who reported that there were 5.7 million thefts in 2016?
A rate of 1745 per 100,000 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The UCR
what has the rate of larceny done since the early 1990's? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔the rate has been decreasing
type of thief that occasionally offends and tends to be opportunists. resolve
some immediate crisis by stealing. (if something happens and they need
money they result to stealing) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Amateurs
Type of their that makes a career out of stealing. tend to be super creative
in their work and they're okay with the risk of getting caught, so they do it
pretty often. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔professional
what are some of the most common crimes committed by professionals - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-pickpocketing
-shoplifting
-forgery
-confidence swindling
,-burglary
what are some other crimes professionals are involved in? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔-art theft
-MVT
-Fraud or theft by use of stolen or forged credit cards
who conducted the most influential study of professional thieves in 1937? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Edwin Sutherland
sutherland found that professional thieves share - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔5
characteristics
what are the five characteristics that professional thieves share? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-have well-developed technical skills for their particular mode
of operation
-enjoy status, accorded to them by their own subculture and by law
enforcement
-they are bound by consensus, a sharing of values with their own peers
(reason with themselves for stealing by saying they steal from people who
can afford to lose money)
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, -not only do they learn from each other, but they also protect each other
-they are organized, however loosely
Stealing of goods from retail merchants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shoplifting
what is 21.5% of all larcenies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shoplifting
about how many shoplifters are professional? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10%
what is the detection rate of shoplifting? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔low-risk, less
than 1%
the average theft amount for each incident is roughly ______ (according to
the FBI) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔$941
all _____________ incidents cost U.S. retail business over $5.5 billion
every year - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shoplifting
about how much stolen merchandise is recovered? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔only a
small percentage
illicit trad in objects with artistic or historic significance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔art
theft
Questions Marking Scheme New Update
| A+ Rated
what is the most prevalent crime in our society? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Larceny
(stealing or theft)
what are some elements of larceny? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-trespassing
-taking and carrying away
-requiring the personal property belonging to another
-intent to deprive the owner of the property permanently
what is a reason you wouldn't be charged with larceny? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔if
you don't actually take something
,what is the extent of larceny in the United States? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔larceny
is extraordinarily high
who reported that there were 5.7 million thefts in 2016?
A rate of 1745 per 100,000 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The UCR
what has the rate of larceny done since the early 1990's? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔the rate has been decreasing
type of thief that occasionally offends and tends to be opportunists. resolve
some immediate crisis by stealing. (if something happens and they need
money they result to stealing) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Amateurs
Type of their that makes a career out of stealing. tend to be super creative
in their work and they're okay with the risk of getting caught, so they do it
pretty often. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔professional
what are some of the most common crimes committed by professionals - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-pickpocketing
-shoplifting
-forgery
-confidence swindling
,-burglary
what are some other crimes professionals are involved in? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔-art theft
-MVT
-Fraud or theft by use of stolen or forged credit cards
who conducted the most influential study of professional thieves in 1937? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Edwin Sutherland
sutherland found that professional thieves share - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔5
characteristics
what are the five characteristics that professional thieves share? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-have well-developed technical skills for their particular mode
of operation
-enjoy status, accorded to them by their own subculture and by law
enforcement
-they are bound by consensus, a sharing of values with their own peers
(reason with themselves for stealing by saying they steal from people who
can afford to lose money)
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, -not only do they learn from each other, but they also protect each other
-they are organized, however loosely
Stealing of goods from retail merchants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shoplifting
what is 21.5% of all larcenies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shoplifting
about how many shoplifters are professional? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10%
what is the detection rate of shoplifting? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔low-risk, less
than 1%
the average theft amount for each incident is roughly ______ (according to
the FBI) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔$941
all _____________ incidents cost U.S. retail business over $5.5 billion
every year - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔shoplifting
about how much stolen merchandise is recovered? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔only a
small percentage
illicit trad in objects with artistic or historic significance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔art
theft
