Instruction
Burglary
- Explain the distinction between the crime of burglary and the crime of robbery.
- Identify the elements of burglary and the evidence needed to support each element for a conviction for the crime.
- Define burglary tools and identify five different examples.
- Identify and explain the five major methods of forceful safe entry.
- Identify at least three different ways how an investigator might prove that property found with a suspect is stolen.
- Why are burglary clearance rates so low?
- What could be done to improve the clearance rates?
- What prevention techniques could the following burglary locations implement to reduce the opportunity of being burglarized?
i. Private homes
ii. Businesses
iii. Commercial retail businesses
iv. Storage facilities
- What role does physical evidence play in burglar investigations?
- Do you agree that burglary suspects should be convicted on circumstantial evidence?
- What criteria (if any) should be used to make burglary arrests?
- How can stolen property be recovered from burglary cases if it is sold on the Internet?
- An ID Theft Investigator (PLS IGNORE IF NOT applicable to your expertise/experience)
Discussion topics include:
- Explain your role in investigating ID theft cases.
- Can you give some examples of cases you have investigated?
- Can you show examples of some of the artifacts that you use as evidence in either your investigation or in court such as: Photographs, Credit reports, False or stolen identification cards, Affidavits Surveillance video, Other?
- What is the role of circumstantial evidence in ID theft investigations and prosecutions?
- Can you comment on the ID theft clearance rates at your department?
- Have you experienced a false ID theft allegation from a “victim?” What were the motivations?
- Do victims commonly over-estimate loss, exaggerate, or lie about what actually was a loss to increase the amount reported to financial institutions or insurance companies?
- What are the common procedures to investigate ID theft?