Research On Jurisdiction Application Of Pickpocketing Theft Crime

Pickpocketing Crime is not only a violation of personal property rights,but also poses serious threat to personal safety.It disturbs our day to day social order.When the Criminal Law was officially legislated,the word Pickpocketing appeared in legal provision and was defined as an independent Theft Crime for the first time.However,judicial applications of Pickpocketing crime are facing two major difficulties.One,there is still lacking the detailed descriptions and definition of Pickpocketing crime behavior in legal provisions.Second,there are many controversies about sentencing of pickpocketing,definitions of the crime patterns,and relations among all theft crimes.Thus,it is very necessary to discuss and come to an agreement on the definition of pickpocketing crime,which,as discussed in this thesis,should be defined as a crime that occurs in public places and involves an action that takes certain personal belongs of others without their acknowledgement.Meawhile,we will need to provide a proper and accurate definition for public places and portability.For legislations,we need to comb:ine different sources of Pickpocketing definitions from Criminal Law,Article 13 "Provisio",and Public Security Management and Punishment Law,and as a result,"povisio"’s role of sentencing guidelines can be reinforced.Next,we need to understand that Pickpocketing has to be an accomplished action to be incriminated,and "Out of Control" theory shall be applied to identify attempted and unaccomplished crime.Third,we are bringing attention to coexistence of other Theft Crimes under certain circumstances.Most importantly,we will discuss sentencing under specific circumstances considering various factors like value of items stolen,repeatedly thefts,burglary,using of weapons.