Chapter Seven Outline

I. Occasional Property Offenders: Maxus, MSNBC, Federal Cyber Service, Hackers, Crackers, Phreakers, Warez d00sz, Occasional Property Offenders.

A. Auto Theft: Stealing a car with intent to keep it or its parts.

B. Check Forgeries: They do not conceive themselves as criminals and normally do not progress to more serious forms of criminality.

C. Shoplifting and Employee Theft ( Inventory Shrinkage)

D. Vandalism: Almost exclusively a crime of juveniles conceiving of their acts more as pranks or raising hell.

II. Conventional Criminal Careers: Fit the stereotypes of a serious criminal with progression from youth to adult criminal behavior.

A. Self-Conception of Conventional Offenders: Growing personal identification with crimes encourages progressively more concrete criminal self-concepts. The become regular offenders who live in continuous isolation from law abiding society.

B. Society’s Reaction to Conventional Offenders: Society protects itself by imprisoning conventional offenders for long periods of time. 1. Increasing Penalties 2. Boot Camps

III. Political Criminal Offenders A. Crimes against Governments: Protests, expressions of beliefs contrary to accepted standards, attempts to alter social and political structures.

B. Crimes by Governments: Corruption, imprisonment and scandal.

IV. Organized Crime and Criminals A. Organized Criminals B. Organized Criminal Activities 1. Illegal Gambling 2. Racketeering 3. Illegal Drugs 4. Usury 5. Illicit Sex 6. Reselling Stolen or Hijacked Goods 7. Infiltration of Legitimate Business V. Professional Offenders A. Skill B. Status C. Criminal Associations D. Organization E. Societal Reaction to Professional Crime