1. Class Name, Instructor Name
Lasley & Guskos, Criminal Investigation: An Illustrated Case Study Approach 1ed
Chapter 13
BURGLARY SCENES
Class Name, Instructor Name
Date, Semester

2. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES Summarize the trends and elements of burglary
Be familiar with the various typologies of persons committing burglaries
Describe the types of burglaries and types of burglars
Describe how burglary investigations are conducted
Describe the illegal markets used to distribute and sell stolen property

3. Summarize the trends and elements of burglary
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
Summarize the trends and elements of burglary

4. Burglary Definition
Burglary is proven when available evidence can demonstrate that the following elements have been met:
Breaking
Entering
Dwelling of another
Intent to commit a crime

5. Breaking and Entering

6. Describe the types of burglaries and types of burglars
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
Describe the types of burglaries and types of burglars

7. Residential Burglary— 70% of all burglaries
Happened during late morning and early afternoon
Various types of residences
Victims often cannot provide information about a suspect
No eyewitnesses to the crime in most cases
Little or no physical evidence
Crime of opportunity
Empty homes are a #1 target
#2 target are those homes containing valuables

8. Describe how burglary investigations are conducted
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
Describe how burglary investigations are conducted

9. First Response to Burglary Scene
Observation of exterior breakage to doors and/or windows
Missing items in the home
Officer should be aware of persons/vehicles surrounding the area on approach
2 or more officers should respond ideally

10. Exterior Breakage to Window

11. Preliminary Burglar Investigation Focus
Point of entry
Point of exit
Items stolen and offender behavior
Evidence collection and documentation
Modus operandi and signature
Potential suspect profile/leads
Preventative victim education

12. Items Stolen

13. Burglary Walk-through
Extra-burglar factors
Behaviors unrelated to the taking of property
Point of Entry
Smash and grab
Door, window
Use of screwdriver or tool
Point of exit
Door or window left open in many cases
No force in most cases

14. Items stolen and offender behavior
Stolen property list completed Sequential search Detailed search of evidence involving moving items
Offenders movements vary based on sophistication Search handled like other crime scenes Photograph evidence

15. Nonresidential Burglaries—30% of burglaries
Commercial- 2nd degree burglary, occur at night, 12 AM to 4 AM popular time, weekends, holidays. Frontmen, wheelmen, and spotters are used for more sophisticated burglaries
Safe, ATM, Machine Burglaries- safe burglaries are punched, pulled, peeled, ripped, drilled, burned, blasted, or carried. ATM are carried by 2 or more persons. Other machines often have cut locks.
Vehicle- smashing out windows with rocks, tools, or other hard objects, cars most common, many amateur juveniles are offenders, RV burglaries

16. Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
Be familiar with the various typologies of persons committing burglaries

17. Burglar Typologies Professional: make their living doing this
Semiprofessional:
Make a living but not as skilled and successful as professionals
Young amateur:
Late teens to early 20s, associated with semi or professional
Juvenile amateur:
16 or younger, commit after school or holidays
Addicted amateur:
Alcohol/drug dependent, least sophisticated

18. Burglar Typologies

19. Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes
Describe the illegal markets used to distribute and sell stolen property

20. Marketing stolen property—fence
Level 1: often owner of a pawnshop, jewelry store, or legitimate business
Level 2: buy from level 1, operate more as wholesalers of stolen goods
Level 3: distributors of goods acquired from level 2

21. Marketing stolen property—illegal markets
Business owners are approached by fences who supply stolen goods for resale
Commercial fence supplies
Fences operate seemingly legitimate businesses as a front to sell stolen goods to unaware consumers
Commercial sales
Fences sell stolen good directly from their residences
Residential fence supplies

22. Marketing stolen property—illegal markets
Products are passed through a network of individuals
Network Selling
Burglars sell stolen property directly without a fence or middleman
Hawking
Stolen goods are sold through the internet
E-fencing

23. Investigative tactics for selling stolen property
The stolen goods were received and controlled by the person(s);
The illegal merchandise was stolen at the time it was received by the person(s), and;
The person(s) knew at the time they received the property that it was stolen.

24. Known Stolen Goods

25. Investigative tactics for receiving stolen property
Property is sold for prices far below fair market value.
Serial numbers on products have been removed, changed, or scratched out.
Original paperwork, instructions, or owner’s manuals are missing.
The item is repackaged, repainted, or otherwise altered from its original appearance.

26. Burglary Preventative Measures
Increase burglar’s efforts
Target hardening
Access control
Control facilitators
Increase burglar’s risks
Improve natural guardianship
Improve security system
Reduce burglar’s rewards
Remove inducements
Reduce the value

27. CHAPTER SUMMARY
The offense of burglary, according to most state laws, is proven when available evidence can demonstrate that the following elements have been met: (1) breaking or opening of an inhabited location intended to remain closed from intrusion to preserve privacy or security, and 2) entering a physical area or space of a another person’s dwelling with the intent to commit any felony (grand theft, in most cases).
There are five typologies of burglars: (1) the professional burglar, recognized by a well-planned breaking, surreptitious entry, and the theft of large-value items; (2) the semiprofessional burglar, an older offender conducting less well-planned burglaries than the professional type, and perhaps known to police; (3) the youthful amateur burglar, who often serves as an apprentice to professional and semiprofessional burglars; (4) the juvenile amateur burglar, usually under the age of 16, who targets households in his or her own neighborhood; and (5) the addicted amateur burglar, who performs crude break-ins to steal property to buy drugs or alcohol to support an addiction.

28. CHAPTER SUMMARY
Residential burglaries involve either forcible or unlawful entries into homes, apartments, and other personal dwellings. Varieties of nonresidential burglaries are break-ins of commercial establishments, stores, ATM machines, safes, vehicles, banks, and other buildings where money, goods, and valuables are stored. Aggressive entries to homes or businesses characterized by broken glass windows or kicked-in doors are known as smash-and-grab burglaries.
Six primary markets are used to sell and distribute stolen property: (1) commercial fence supplies, where a fence buys stolen goods from burglars and sells them to stores and other outlets; (2) commercial sales, where the fence sells stolen goods directly from a retail outlet; (3) residential fence supplies, where the fence sells stolen items from his or her personal residence; (4) network selling, where the fence sell stolen property through a network of friends or associates; (5) hawking, where the burglar sells stolen goods directly without the use of a fence; and 6) e-fencing, where Internet sources such as eBay and Craigslist are used to sell stolen property.