Professional Burglars

The definition of burglary (break and enter) is the breaking into and entering a place with the intent to commit an indictable offence, and is considered much worse than theft because it involves entering another's home. Because it is a much more serious crime it has been long associated with professional thieves who carefully learn their craft. 
Some of the qualities a financially successful professional burglar include someone who has mastered the skills of their trade and has learned to spot environmental cues that nonprofessionals would usually fail to notice. Most burglars prefer to victimize commercial property, the most favourable target being retail stores rather than private homes because of its accessibility and easy ability to plan a burglary on. For example, retail stores display all their items along with their prices making it easy for a burglar to know exactly what they're looking for and how much they will get for their stolen items. 
When burglars approach their job, some of the major techniques they use include... Targeting acquaintances and drug dealers, use tipsters, stake out residences , working in groups, and disposing of goods through a professional fence or pawning the goods. Some burglars also hit the same target more than once because of their previous experience with the target and because they now know the layout of the house, goods they may have missed, and because they are essentially sure that the target will result in a successful burglary again.
For a burglar to become lucrative in this career they must develop four key requirements of the trade: 1) they must learn the many skills needed to commit lucrative break and enters. 2) the good burglar must be able to team up to form a criminal gang. 3) the good burglar must have inside information. And 4) the good burglar must cultivate fences or buyers for stolen wares. Most learn these techniques through from older, more experienced burglars .

Auto Theft

Canada's auto theft rates are among the highest in the world. Most people steal cars mainly to sell the parts and make a profit from them. The top 5 cities with the highest rates for auto theft are as listed: Regina, Abbotsford, Winnipeg, Kelowna and Brentford. The top 5 vehicles that are typically stolen are: Toyota Venza, Honda Civic, Ford F350, Cadillac Escalade and Chevrolet Trailblazer. Although the majority of auto thefts are done at random, there are ways to prevent yourself from becoming a victim to auto theft. Some of the best ways to protect yourself from having your vehicle stolen are to never leave your car unlocked, even if you are only leaving for a short amount of time. Also, never leave your keys unattended in the ignition or just in your car. If you leave your keys in the ignition you are basically giving your vehicle away. Never leave valuables in visible sight in your car. If you have a laptop, cell phone, new electronics or anything expensive and worth stealing, put it away in your vehicle, or smaller things in glove box, somewhere hidden. It is best to not leave valuables in your car at all. It is also recommended that you keep any personal documents, including your insurance or any other car papers on you, rather than in the glove box so if your car does every get stolen you have all the required papers in order to find it. Lastly, it is a very good idea to get a electronic immobilizer installed in your car. All cars made after 2007 legally have them in them, but it is very safe to get one installed if your car does not.

Explain how sexual behaviour could be socialized in males. Do you think that males who commit sexual assault are "hypermasculine"? Why and where do men learn "hypermasculine" behaviour?

 Sexual behavior can and is socialized into male behavior constantly. Media has a huge impact on this and is mostly to blame. Men are taught and shown to behave very masculine and to have (or act like they have) a lot of sexual experience. I do think that in some cases sexual assaults are committed by 'hyper-masculine' males, but that is not always the case since there are different types of sexual assault offenders. Those males who sexually assault women for the enjoyment of power and for their sexual needs are likely hyper-masculine. 


There are many ways sexual behavior could be socialized in males. When you think of a typical male what comes to your head stereo typically  Big, strong, protective etc. Boys are taught to be "men" not "boys" because boys are considered week and not what " you're suppose to be." It is cool and normal for men to have a lot of women and male virginity is not the way to go. After going through these thoughts, statistics on males and females being sexual offenders doesn't surprise me when it says its mostly males.


Men learn "hyper-masculine" behavior from family, friends, and media. From music videos with men having five women draped over their arms to your father wanting you to take after himself boys are forced into the "manhood." A good majority of males in high school want to always be the toughest. If you show any signs of "feminine" behavior you are considered a "loser" and that's the nicest you'd be called. How do I know this? I see it around school each day walking from class to class. It could be a simple nudge on the shoulder from guy to guy or it can be bullies saying rude remarks to others. Society has created men to be so big and strong that obviously there comes consequences and unfortunately many get hurt because of it.

Clifford Robert Olson Jr. and Marc Lépine

Canada has been home to its fair share of notorious murders, two of them being Clifford Robert Olson Jr. and Marc Lépine. Although both killed many people, their methods of committing crime were quite different. Clifford Olson was a serial killer who killed mainly children and young people in the early 1980's. Olson also participated in many other crimes over his lifetime including such activities such as B&E's, robberies and sexual assault. When Olson was first arrested, it was not upon the charge of murder, but for impaired driving. This eventually led to his arrest, but only after Olson tried to negotiate a deal with the police.Olson put forward an offer to the police, 100,000$ for him and he will locate the bodies of the 11 girls for the police. The police didn't have solid evidence that Clifford was responsible, Clifford was thought to just have information on who killed the girls, Clifford was let off and got a 30,000$ per month salary to help the police find the murderer. Olson did eventually serve jail time in a high security type prison for his crimes.

Unlike the serial murderer ways of Clifford Olson, Marc Lépine was a mass murder. Marc Lépine killed several women in a Montreal university claiming he was "fighting feminists," Lépine shot several women at the school, stating that women had taken over mans jobs and all women were feminists. Marc Lépine had a very controlling personality which was very evident after this event. He also grew up with very little friends and the occasional time he had a girlfriend, he wanted the women to obey him and always wanted to be in control.

Both of these killers were especially horrible in their doings, but they were not alone in their actions. Many people commit both serial and mass murders all over the world, and although we may be able to find out why they do the things they do, we still are left in the dark on how to try and put a stop to some of the violent crimes and murders that go on around us all the time.

What are the short and long term impacts on victims on crime?

When a crime occurs, many people can be damaged and affected in the process. The people who suffer the most, both immediately and in the long term are the victims of these crimes. Some short or immediate impacts of crime, depend on the crime itself. For example, a victim of a rape crime will not suffer through the same effects compared to a victim of an assault or someone who has been kidnapped. In the Law & Order episode we watched last Friday in criminology, there were many examples of some of the trauma that people who have been raped go through. The victim of the rape was faced with things such as re-victimization, change of habits and a fear of their old life. All of these things can also be associated with other types of crime, and most of the time they are. Re-victimization occurs shortly after nearly every crime, when the victim is requested to tell the detectives, officers etc. what happened to them, and a lot of time even doing this right away is extremely painful for the victims. Some long term impacts that many victims of crime face are having to change many of their habits and their lifestyle because of the fear that is associated with it. Being a victim of any crime can dramatically change someones life in many ways but the long term trauma to me seems to be what really changes and affects people the most.

Why are drug related crime rates high in B.C.

I think that drug crimes in B.C. are increasing and have been for the past few years due to many reasons. First of all, I think that there is a generally large availability rate throughout the majority of B.C. because there is many isolated towns that traffic drugs back and forth throughout the province. This leads to another point being that, possibly not all the crime related to drugs in necessarily a result of people actually doing drugs, but other activities suggesting trafficking, possession, dealing etc.In my opinion, I think our society in B.C. is also, not accepting, but not as severe and aware against the drug crimes going on throughout our province. This makes it easier for drugs to be available and hidden among us. I don't mean that the police aren't as severe towards drug crimes as they are towards other types of crime, but it is a lot easier to hide and conceal a drug operation that it is to hide a crime such as a murder or a robbery. Also, I think because in B.C. there are places like Surrey, East Hastings and Kelowna where there are high concentrations of gangs which lead to more drug related, (as well as gang related) crimes in these places. As for now, I think that drug related crimes will stay at an increasing rate because drugs themselves are essentially very popular and in my opinion, are going to stay this way for a while. I think that to decrease drug crimes in B.C. the authorities will have to try and halt as many operations throughout the province and possibly make more severe laws against some of these offenses. But because drug related crimes vary so much and there are so many of them still going on right now, I don't feel like the police will really try to do anything more to stop these increasing rates either than what they are already doing now.