chapter 13&14
12) In most states, breaking into cars, recreational vehicles, and trailers constitutes burglary. Which categories of burglars tend to target these vehicles?
A) Juveniles
7) Which of the following statements is true about disorganized burglars?
A) They generally live within walking, skateboarding, or bicycling distance from their targets.
9) A minimal amount of casual planning is indicative of the ________.
B) selective raid
1) Which of the following is a purpose of a sting operation?
D) All of the answers are correct.
10) Which of the following statements is true about the victim in 93 percent of visible street robberies?
D) All of the answers are correct.
6) ________ burglaries occur when offenders select a target and quickly strike because they perceived that some type of immediate opportunity exists.
C) Opportunistic
4) Amateur burglars often operate on the basis of ________.
impulse
8) In ________ burglaries, the actual purpose of the burglaries is to instill fear in the victim and to display the offender's power over him/her.
interpersonal
16) Which of the following statements is true about truck hijacking?
A) A number of truck hijackings involve collusion on the part of the driver with those committing this specialized form of robbery.
7) Identify the three styles of robbery.
A) Ambush, selective raid, and planned operation
11) Which of the following is defined as the act of using a credit card or a similar plastic item to slip open or shim a spring-bolt lock that does not have an anti-shim device?
B) Loiding
13) Which of the following statements is true about home-invasion robberies?
B) They typically target the person.
15) Truck hijacking is most often committed by ________.
B) experienced armed robbers
17) In the context of the three styles of robberies, which of the following is a characteristic of the planned operation?
C) Scores are usually larger than the ambush and the selective raid.
14) Which of the following will help homeowners reduce the risk of residential burglary?
D) All of the answers are correct.
18) In the context of bank robberies, professional bank robbers are likely to:
D) employ intimidation or physical or verbal threats.
12) The term "carjacking" originated in ________.
Detroit
3) Which of the following statements is true about trespassory?
A) It is the illegal taking of property.
The ________ is a style of robbery that involves no planning and depends almost entirely on the element of surprise.
A) ambush
24) ________ is an officer's expectations that the robber will be of a particular description.
B) Physical stereotyping
In the context of the three styles of robberies, a prime example of the ________ is a robbery in which victims are physically overpowered by sudden, crude force and in which "scores" are generally small.
B) ambush
21) Cash with sequential serial numbers that are recorded by the bank is ________.
B) bait money
11) Youthful robbers are particularly likely to commit strong-armed robberies—also referred to as ________—in which no weapons are involved and in which they suddenly physically attack and beat the victim, taking cash, jewelry, wallets, purses, and other valuables.
B) muggings
Robbery is a face-to-face confrontation between the victim and the perpetrator. Why is it then that many times witnesses are unable to provide much descriptive information about the perpetrator?
C) The witnesses are often upset and may have seen the perpetrator only briefly.
5) Which of the following statements is true about organized burglars?
C) They usually leave no physical evidence.
25) Which of the following is the purpose of running a file check on robbery victims?
C) To see if they have a history of making criminal complaints.
20) What is the main purpose of a greeter at a bank?
C) To welcome customers and reduce the anonymity of a would-be robber.
14) Which of the following statements is true about automated teller machine (ATM) robberies?
C) Typically, the victim is a lone woman who is using the machine between 8 p.m. and midnight.
3) Which of the following best describes those persons most often arrested for burglary?
C) White males under 15 years of age.
23) An officer's previous experience with, and knowledge of, a particular location increases their vulnerability and susceptibility to ________.
C) situational stereotyping
9) A method of burglary in which the offenders steal a car and drive it though the front door of a business, grab what they can, and leave is called a ________ burglary.
C) smash-and-grab
10) A burglary occurred, but no apparent force was used, and a point of entry or exit cannot be established. This type of burglary is called a(an) ________ entry.
C) surreptitious
Where does the importance of robbery reside?
D) All of the answers are correct.
2) Most residential burglaries are characterized by entry through ________.
D) a door
4) Which of the following statements is true about robbery?
C) The object of a robbery must be real estate or things attached to a land as opposed to personal property.
22) ________ occurs when an officer's expectations are set to see one thing and this closes his or her mind to other eventualities.
A) Action stereotyping
13) Which of the following is indicative of a juvenile burglar?
A) Destructive acts of vandalism
19) In the context of bank robberies, amateur bank robbers are likely to:
A) try and escape on foot or bicycle.