1. According to studies, (professional) burglars and
receivers of stolen goods have close social ties.
T F
TRUE
2. Unlike amateur and opportunistic burglaries,
professional burglaries are interstate businesses.
T F
TRUE
3. According to researches,
the relationship between non-professional burglary and drug
abuse is insignificant.
T F
FALSE
3. change “insignificant” to “significant”
4. The following is an MO behavior of burglary:
Slashing the clothing
in the closets
T F
FALSE
4. change “an MO behavior” to “a signature behavior”
5. The following is an MO behavior of burglary:
Wearing gloves to enter
someone’s house
T F
TRUE
6. The following is an MO behavior of burglary:
Urinating/defecating/ejaculating
in the house
T F
FALSE
6. change “an MO behavior” to “a signature behavior”
7. The following is a signature behavior of
burglary:
Using credit cards to
disable the security system of someone=s house
T F
FALSE
7. change “a signature behavior” to “an MO behavior”
8. The following is a signature behavior of
burglary:
Destroying furniture
T F
TRUE
9. The following is a signature behavior of
burglary:
Using hammer to break the
windows of master bedroom
T F
FALSE
9. change “a signature behavior” to “an MO behavior”
10. According to definitions, professional
burglars who have the intention to hurt victims should be classified as
intruders.
T F
FALSE
10. change “intruders” to “invaders”
11. According to statistics, females are more likely
to get involved in fencing than males.
T F
FALSE
11. change “more likely” to “less likely”
12. (Non-professional) burglars usually will act more
cautiously if they have a
helper.
T F
TRUE
13. In terms of income, one of the chief targets for non-professional
burglars (especially juvenile burglars) is high-income communities.
T F
FALSE
13. change “high-income communities” to “low-income
communities”
14. Generally speaking, residences
close to commercial
buildings or main roads are more likely to be
burglarized than their counterparts located in purely residential areas.
T F
TRUE
15. The concept alert opportunism is
advanced by R. I. Mawby.
T F
FALSE
15. change “R. I. Mawby” to “N. Shover”
16. For burglars, the absence of an alarm system
represents the lack of surveillability.
T F
FALSE
16. change “the lack of surveillability” to “accessibility”
17. One of the most important social networks for
burglars to sell stolen goods is pawn shops.
T F
TRUE
18. According to Neal Shover, we usually cannot identify a hierarchical relationship among (non-professional)
burglars who work together (see article, pp. 69-70).
T F
TRUE
19. In criminology, many studies have shown that it is very unlikely that professional burglars would target
low-income communities.
T F
TRUE
20. According to researches, the primary factor that will
motivate (some) people to steal is marital problem.
T F
FALSE
20. change “marital problem” to “financial crisis”
21. Comparatively, people of middle-class neighborhoods
are more likely to purchase stolen goods than residents of slum areas.
T F
FALSE
21. change “more likely” to “far less likely”
22. In most burglary cases, victims and offenders are unknown
to each other.
T F
TRUE
23. Statistically, more than 60% of burglary cases do
not involve forcible entry.
T F
FALSE
23. delete “do not”
24. Statistically, more than 80% of residential
burglary cases do not
involve multiple
offenders.
T F
FALSE
24. delete “do not”
25. Residential burglary usually takes place around midnight.
T F
FALSE
25. change “around midnight to “during daytime”
26. Based on the concept of Stolen Property System,
burglary can be divided into several distinct activities. Evaluation
is one of them.
T F
TRUE
27. According to statistics, commercial burglary
usually takes place at nighttime.
T F
TRUE
28. Compared to non-professional burglars,
professional burglars tend to be younger.
T F
FALSE
28. change “younger” to “older”
29. Which of the following may motivate people to steal?
a. drug abuse
b. alcoholism
c. self test
d. a and b
e. a, b, and c
D
30. In terms of occupancy, which of the
following is more likely to become a target for burglars?
a. Lafayette regional airport
b. Walgreen
c. church (after midnight)
d. Albertson
e. UL (after midnight)
C
31.
In terms of layout/design, which of the following is more
likely to be
chosen by burglars?
a. townhouse
b. isolated home
c. post office
d. condo
e. a, b, and c
B
32. In terms of accessibility,
which of the following is more likely to become a target for burglars?
a. Mouton Hall
b. trailer homes
c. art museum of New Orleans
d. shops within the Acadiana
Mall
e. Martin Hall
B
33. Generally
speaking, which of the following is not a social network necessary for burglars
to sell stolen goods?
a. internet
b. employees in legitimate
business
c. street bureaucrats like parole officers
d. drug dealers
e. small business owners
C
34. Comparatively, which of the
following tend
to show signs
of low
surveillability?
