ADMJ 0600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Larceny, Legal Fiction, Child Custody
5 May 2016
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Skilled thieves: pickpockets, forgers, and counterfeits who operated freely. Smugglers: moved freely and transported goods, such as spirits, gems, gold, and spices, without paying tax or duty. Poachers: supplemented their diet and income with game that belonged to a landlord. Occasional criminals: offenders who do not define themselves by a criminal role or view themselves as committed career criminals. Situational inducement: short-term influence on a person"s behavior, such as financial problems or peer pressure, which increases rick taking. Professional criminals: offenders who make a significant portion of their income from crime. Larceny: taking for one"s own use the property of another, by means other than force or threats on the victim or forcibly breaking into a person"s home or workplace; theft. Constructive possession: a legal fiction that applies to situations in which people voluntarily give up physical custody of their property but still retain legal ownership.
