Abstract
A significant amount of property crime is committed by young people. In this novel qualitative study, 50 young people were interviewed to obtain an insight into their motivations to burgle. Decisions were based on peer pressure, opportunity and perceived need. Bennett and Wright’s typologies of adult burglars were applied to young burglars. Young burglars were more prone than adults in Bennett and Wright’s study to commit opportunistic burglaries, but were deterred by similar target characteristics. The social and psychological factors are strong motivators for youth burglary and should guide the development of intervention and deterrence strategies.
RAS ID
52380
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
2022
Funding Information
Western Australian Police Force / Edith Cowan University
School
School of Arts and Humanities
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Publisher
SAGE
Recommended Citation
Rock, S., Gately, N. J., McCue, J., & St Martin, N. (2022). Temptations, techniques and typologies: Insights from a Western Australian sample of young people who burgle. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254221122617
Comments
This is an Author Accepted Manuscript version of an article published by SAGE in Youth Justice, on October 5th 2022.
Rock, S., Gately, N., McCue, J., & St Martin, N. (2022). Temptations, techniques and typologies: Insights from Western Australian sample of young people who burgle. Youth Justice, 23(3), 311-331. Copyright © 2022 (SAGE). https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254221122617