NCJ Number
112450
Journal
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1988) Pages: 105-116
Date Published
1988
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This paper describes interviews conducted with a sample of 50 convicted residential burglars imprisoned in the Republic of Ireland.
Abstract
The interviews were structured to establish the nature of their criminal career, the characteristics of the burglaries they committed, their occupational style and their general lifestyle. The results of the interviews are presented in terms of the decision to offend, occupational style and target selection, and sentencing as a deterrent. The results confirm the importance of environmental cues in the selection of property to burgle, but attention is drawn to the probable role of multiple cues and cue salience. A behavioral interpretation of these results is proposed. (Author abstract)