Crime and Robbery Words 1 Thesis: "Crime is the violation of statutes enacted into criminal law by a locality, state, or the federal government" (Macionis, 218). Crimes against property include robbery of another's personal belongings. Property crimes include burglary, larceny, and auto theft. Burglary consists of "the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a [serious crime] or a theft" (Macionis, 220). Larceny is "the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession of …
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…is desired or what will theoretically make the feeling of inferiority go away. For example as studied by Robert Park and Ernest Burgess in Chicago, the "zone of transition" (ghetto) promotes and advocates criminal behavior and deviance. Through this case study it concluded that crime rates are consistently high in these areas in cities. Also, no matter what groups and different nationalities inhibited the area, there is no relation to the rates. On the contrary