Burglary Crime Scene Rationality of a Select Group of Non-Apprehend Burglars

Burglary Crime Scene Rationality of a Select Group of Non-Apprehend Burglars

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Burglary continues to yield low detection rates, and although the characteristics of how burglaries are committed has been investigated in some detail, less is known about how burglars avoid detection generally and in particular the activities of non-apprehended burglars.To investigate this issue, one can at least in principle investigate the special case of burglars who claim to have Car Model Kit avoided apprehension in spite of the fact that they have committed a large number of burglaries over time.The approach taken here was to thematically analyze the interview data from a previous study comparing the crime scene movements of a small group of non-apprehended burglars with experienced but apprehended burglars.The results here from a thematic analysis of that previous study revealed marked differences in the rationales between the experienced, apprehended burglars and the experienced non-apprehended burglars when implementing different crime scene behaviors.

A series of techniques and Scales strategies emerges, which appear to aid in avoiding detection around the burglary scene and are summarized with implications discussed.