Chapter 13- Burglary Scenes

The following are key behavioral elements and physical evidence of the burglary crime scene:

A location used by the offenders to enter the residence.

Most aggressive entries, which are less frequent, are even more easily identified because they usually leave behind broken glass windows or kicked-in doors in what is known as a ___________________ burglary.

Exotic points of entry such as broken rooftop skylight, holes cut in structures, o punched-out walls are infrequent and usually the work of an experienced ___________________.

The location from which the burglar(s) permanently flee(s) the crime scene, may or may not be the same location as the pain of entry. This location is usually a door or window opened by the offender from the home's interior without use of force.

The victim should take informal notes on which items were stolen to help compile a formal ________________________ to be provided at a later date to police and insurance agencies.

Often, _____________ are the second most favorite target or burglars.

Most burglars spend __________________ or less in any particular residence and they focus their behavior on the task of stealing.

It is usually at the point of entry that the burglar must have made some type of physical contact leaving at the very least a trace of _____________.

These items hay have been unwittingly left behind by the offender while attempting to enter the residence:

Entry areas where doors have been kicked in or broken in by ________ should be examined for shoe impressions on the doors exterior surface and on the ground area below the door.

Sometimes burglars ____________ their break-in tools when leaving the crime scene so that they will not be found in their possession if they are stopped by police.

Approximately 30% of all burglaries are ___________________.

The entry into a non residential structure to commit theft or any felony. Usually considered a second-degree burglary and is punished less severely than similar acts committed against personal residences. Occur between 12 am and 4 am weekends/holidays.

Other less well-planned operations may employ a crude _________________ break whereby a stolen car or truck is used to crash into from or rear doors to gain entry.

More sophisticated, well planned burglaries may involve teams of five or more offender who act as _____________., who execute the break in and theft of the good.

__________ smash stolen vehicles into the target and transport goods away from the scene.

___________ are posted outside the break-in location to watch for police or other persons responding to the crime.

Typical tools used by commercial burglars include:

Offenders sometimes plan their burglaries by first taking ______________ of the interior and alarm systems of the targeted commercial establishment.

In most jurisdictions, shoplifting, credit card fraud and other forms of larceny can be treated as ________________ burglary ion an intern tot commit a felony can be proven to exist at the time the offenders entered the establishment targeted for crime.

Victims will perhaps recognize _____________-behaviors unrelated to the actual taking of property that are carried out at the crime scene.