ARM 55 Chp 9

distinctive features of crime risk
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distinctive features of crime risk
risk control strives to protect an organization, its employees and its customers against the criminal intent or conduct of others, both outside and inside the organization
a crime
1. is an act (or sometimes a failure to act) that
violates the rights of individuals or organizations
2. can result in property, personnel, liability, or net
income losses
hostile intent
1. risk control measures must focus to reduce the
frequency and severity or to improve the
predictability of crime losses
continual evaluation of risk control efforts
1. crucial in preventing any breakdowns or gaps in
an organization's risk control measures
2. it is important that employees responsible for
the daily functioning of an organization's risk
control measures must be among its most
trustworthy
precautions taken by risk control techniques
1. shielding the organization's assets and activities
by maintaining physical, procedural, and
managerial barriers that reduce criminal
opportunity
2. reducing criminals' perceptions that they can
commit crimes against the organization without
being detected and with legal impunity
common crimes
1. burglary
2. robbery
3. shoplifting
4. fraud
5. embezzlement
6. counterfeiting
7. forgery
8. vandalism
9. arson
10. terrorism
11. espionage
12. computer crime
burglary
the act of breaking into or out of any closed or open (hiding and leaving the building after it is closed) building or space for business to commit another felony
robbery
the act of taking tangible personal property from another person by force or by threat of force against that person or another
shoplifting
The removal of merchandise from a store by stealth without purchasing it.
burglars
steal property from buildings or unoccupied areas
robbersharm or threaten to harm people in order to steal from themshopliftersdiffer from burglars, in that they are legitimately on the the premises as customers, whereas burglars gain authorized access by breaking infraudan intentional misrepresentation resulting in harm to a person or organizationembezzlementthe fraudulent taking of money or other personal property by one to whom that property has been entrustedcounterfeitinga form of forgery that involves privately duplicating a country's currency or presenting it as genuine with knowledge that it's notforgerythe act of creating or presenting false documents or artwork as genuine in order to commit fraud2 broad types of crime caused by counterfeiters and forgers1. they can induce and organization to accept falsified currency, checks, credit cards, other negotiable instruments, documents, or artwork 2. by creating or using unauthorized or stolen copies of the organization's own documents, then can impersonate the organizationvandalismwillful and malicious damage to or destruction of propertyarsonthe deliberate setting of fire to property for a fraudulent or malicious purposeterrorismdomestic terrorists may target an organization's property, persons, and activities with the intention of forcing the organization to change or close its businessespionagethe act of obtaining confidential information through personal observation or mechanical, digital, or electronic techniques that circumvent efforts to protect the information's confidentialityresults of espionage1. interference with competitive advantage through the revelation of trade secrets 2. violation of employees' rights to keep their personal information from becoming public knowledge 3. revelation of national defense secrets