Property offences

Criminal Law ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 83-103
Author(s):  
Jonathan Herring
Keyword(s):  
Property Offences

The Minimum Sentences Act, 1972, of Tanzania

1974 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Williams
Keyword(s):  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Vice President ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
The Government ◽  
Property Offences

In 1963 a Minimum Sentences Act2 was passed which restricted discretion previously available to judges and magistrates when sentencing convicted persons. No new substantive offences were created by the Act but minimum sentences of imprisonment and corporal punishment were made mandatory for certain itemized property offences (“scheduled offences”). The Act aroused considerable interest both inside and outside this country and there is a long bibliography of comments on it.3 Much of the controversy concerned the mandatory infliction of corporal punishment, of at least 24 strokes, as part of the minimum sentence.4 Many members of the National Assembly were enthusiastic supporters of the corporal punishment provisions,5 although the Government leaders were more restrained: “They are not policies which we like”, said the Second Vice-President, Mr. Kawawa, “and I am convinced that Prisons Officers do not like them either; to administer corporal punishment is an unpleasant thing for any civilised person to do. But we have to make people recognize that to commit an offence against the nation or any of its citizens, is an evil thing which is a disgrace to the man who does it”.6

scholarly journals Citizen surveil-labour: Analysing Crime Stoppers and its alliance of police, media, and publics

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-307
Author(s):  
Robyn Lincoln ◽  
Laura McGillivray
Keyword(s):  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Major City ◽  
The Public ◽  
Conceptual Frame ◽  
Qualitative Analyses ◽  
Property Offences

An examination of a Crime Stoppers initiative – a weekly page published in a major city-based tabloid newspaper – afforded a rare glimpse into this understudied global entity. It also offered a means of reflecting on the co-option of CCTV images; partnerships between police, media organisations, and diverse publics; and the harnessing of citizen labour in a culture of surveillance. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted on the images, accompanying texts, and rhetoric of this feature page for a two-year period. From a media criminology perspective, the portrayals underscore the abrogation of the presumption of innocence, a focus on mundane property offences, with the potential to exacerbate fear of crime and to engender more punitive public attitudes. From a conceptual frame, this article proffers the notion of surveil-labour where the repurposing of CCTV data in the context of a Crime Stoppers scheme reinforces an alliance of police, media, and the public to enhance an infrastructure of informing.

8. Theft, Handling, and Robbery

Criminal Law ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 515-574
Author(s):  
Jonathan Herring
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Covering Property ◽  
The Law ◽  
Property Offences ◽  
Stolen Goods

This chapter begins with a discussion of the law on theft, robbery, assault with intent to rob, handling stolen goods, and money laundering offences. The second part of the chapter focuses on the theory of theft, covering property offences; the debate over Gomez; the Hinks debate; temporary appropriation; dishonesty; robberies; and handling stolen goods.

13. Property offences 2: fraud and making off without payment

2020 ◽  
pp. 625-644
Author(s):  
Janet Loveless ◽  
Mischa Allen ◽  
Caroline Derry
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Mens Rea ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Actus Reus ◽  
Property Offences

This chapter examines property offences in Great Britain, focusing on fraud and making off without payment. It explains the key provisions of the Fraud Act 2006 for different types of fraud, which include fraud by false representation, fraud by failing to disclose information, fraud by abuse of position, and obtaining services dishonestly. It clarifies the distinction between fraud and the previous offences of deception. In particular, the fact that there is no longer a requirement for causation is discussed. The chapter discusses the actus reus and mens rea elements of the offences of fraud, and provides several examples of relevant cases, and analyses court decisions in each of them, including changes to judicial directions on dishonesty.

14. Property offences 3

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Loveless ◽  
Mischa Allen ◽  
Caroline Derry
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Mens Rea ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Actus Reus ◽  
Property Offences

This chapter examines the most frequently committed property offences in Great Britain, focusing on burglary, aggravated burglary and criminal damage. It also discusses blackmail, a less frequent but equally serious offence. The general principles of these offences are explored and their actus reus and mens rea elements are discussed. The chapter explains the key provisions of the Theft Act 1968 and identifies the types of legal defence that can be successfully employed for these offences. It considers racially and religiously aggravated criminal damage, criminal damage endangering life, and arson. The chapter also provides examples of several relevant cases and analyses the bases of court decisions in each of them.

Property Offences

2012 ◽  
pp. 623-692
Author(s):  
Janet Loveless
Keyword(s):  
Property Offences

The Reasons Why Suspects Confess during Custodial Interrogation: Data for Northern Ireland

1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
G H Gudjonsson ◽  
I Bownes
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Internal Pressure ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Police Interrogation ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Property Offences

This study looks at the reasons offenders give for having confessed during police interrogation. A number of hypotheses were tested, following the work of Gudjonsson and Petursson (1991) on an Icelandic prison sample. The subjects were 80 offenders who were serving prison sentences in Northern Ireland for violence, sex or property offences. The subjects completed the Gudjonsson Confession Questionnaire. All of the hypotheses tested were supported, indicating that there are three primary factors associated with the reasons why criminals make confessions during interrogation. These factors are referred to as Internal Pressure, External Pressure and Proof. The factors were found to be associated with the type of offence committed and the attitude of the offender towards his confession.

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