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  1. 1. In the past 10 years have you ever been a victim of property crime?

    • yes
      35
    • no
      14

  2. 2. What kind of property crime were you a victim of?

    • burglary
      11
    • theft
      27
    • vehicle theft
      5
    • arson
      0
    • vandalism
      8
    • identity theft
      6
    • other
      2
    • never a victim of property crime
      13

  3. 3. What was the value of the goods damaged/stolen?

    • $1-$100
      9
    • $101-$500
      12
    • $501-$1000
      10
    • $1001-$5000
      6
    • $5001+
      5
    • never a victim of property crime
      13

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MrsCat Experienced

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I had a cell phone stolen once.

The one thing that would absolutely devastate me if it was stolen. Besides the kitties.

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Yes, I can think of three times:

1. someone broke into our house when I was a kid and stole a LOT of stuff.

2. someone stole my car.

3. someone stole that second car i bought with the payoff from the first car a year later!

hmmph.

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I'm thinking you mean that burglary is by force and theft is not?

I voted burglary, theft and vandalism. Burglary and theft were in Italy - both by force and not - 3 times. And then our car was keyed here in the US.

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I'm thinking you mean that burglary is by force and theft is not?

I voted burglary, theft and vandalism. Burglary and theft were in Italy - both by force and not - 3 times. And then our car was keyed here in the US.

I'd say burglary is when someone enters your home without your permission or knowledge and takes something. Theft is more generic. By force would be robbery.

When we moved into our first apartment, the movers stole my digicam and Lai's windchimes that she got in Germany :angry:

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I'm thinking you mean that burglary is by force and theft is not?

I voted burglary, theft and vandalism. Burglary and theft were in Italy - both by force and not - 3 times. And then our car was keyed here in the US.

I'd say burglary is when someone enters your home without your permission or knowledge and takes something. Theft is more generic. By force would be robbery.

When we moved into our first apartment, the movers stole my digicam and Lai's windchimes that she got in Germany :angry:

I was going to make this a victim of crime poll. But that opened a whole can of worms about physical violence, spousal battery etc. I decided to keep it to property crime. I was thinking that burglary is just how Scott described, when someone enters your home without permission.

However your point is duly noted. I'll use the definitions from wikipedia for clarity.

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Burglary - is a crime the essence of which is entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offence.

Theft - is the illegal taking of another person's property without that person's freely-given consent.

Vehicle Theft - is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle, including an automobile, truck, bus, motorcycle, snowmobile, trailer or any other motorized vehicle.

Arson - involves any intentional fire setting or attempting to set fire.

Vandalism - willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or private property

Identity Theft - is a term used to refer to fraud that involves pretending to be someone else in order to steal money or get other benefits.

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Here in Louisiana we've had a few little things happen since I've been here.

Someone went through the car one night- I got in the car one morning and the glove box was open and stuff was all over the seat. Nothing was actually taken except for maybe a Swiss Army knife that Mel said he had in there and can't find now. Happened to a few of our neighbors as well.

And this is silly- Mel had 2 matching potted plants on the front doorstep. One of them is gone.

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When i was building my house, neighbor kids decided it would be fun to break numerous windows. They also smashed the glass to the electric and gas meters, as well as taking some building materials.

We caught them one night, took them to the police dept, parents showed up ect, thought ok we'll be nice and not press charges, WRONG MOVE! The next night they came back and did more damage. :angry:

Thankfully after that they didnt do anymore stuff.

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