Preliminary Exploration On Victim Of Theft Crime

Theft crime is the most common and the most frequently occurred crime of infringing on citizens’ property and directly affects people’s sense of security and satisfaction with social security.In China,the theft crime is always kept at a high incidence rate and accounts for more than 80% of all cases in the most serious situation.In recent years,with the aggravation of the diversified characteristics of the crime of infringing upon property,although the incidence rate of theft crime has decreased,it still accounts for half of the total cases.Therefore,the effective prevention and control of theft crime has a profound impact on improving people’s sense of security and satisfaction.Any criminal phenomenon is composed of crime and victimization.Thus,the prevention and control of crime must start from crime and victimization.So are the prevention and control of theft crime,which should be carried out from the two aspects of theft crime and the victimization.However,throughout the existing research on the theft crime,rarely is there any study on theft crime and its prevention and control from the perspective of victimization.In light of this situation,based on the judicial practice of Beilun district,Ningbo,this paper sorts out and analyzes the data of theft crime cases in Beilun district,focusing on the law characteristics of the victims,objects,location and time of theft crime,as well as the victim’s fault in theft crime and its role in the occurrence and development of theft crime.From the perspective of victims,it explores the factors declining victimization to reduce the possibility of being victimized.And a comprehensive prevention system of theft crime at macro,meso and micro levels is established,cracking down upon the high incidence of theft so as to protect the property safety of the people and promote the harmonious development of economic society.Through empirical analysis and research,it is found and summarized that the theft crime victims have the following four characteristics: first,the victims are mainly male.Second,the victims are mainly floating population.Third,the victims are mainly rural migrant workers.Fourth,the victims are mainly young adults with junior high school education level and below.The stolen articles have the following four characteristics: first,the stolen articles are mainly electric bicycles.Second,the stolen articles are mainly cash.Third,the stolen articles are mainly mobile phones.Fourth,the stolen articles show a diversified development trend.The theft crimes have the following three spatial-temporal characteristics: first,in addition to the sudden drop of theft crime frequency in Spring Festival,the theft crimes almost occur frequently throughout the year.Second,the theft crimes mainly occur at residential buildings(including rental houses),commercial plazas,industrial enterprises and roads.Third,the theft crimes occur more in the daytime and less in the latter half of the night and the early morning.The victims’ faults are made in the following three forms: negligence,overconfidence and seeking for convenience.The victimity of theft crime victims is mainly inducitivity and tendency.Two theft crime prevention measures are proposed from the social macro level: first,the victimology knowledge shall be popularized to improve the consciousness of victim prevention.Second,the system of victim’s fault responsibility shall be established to strengthen the crime prevention responsibility.Two theft crime prevention measures are proposed from the social meso level: first,the early warning mechanism of theft crime shall be improved so that the masses can understand the situation and law of theft crime.Second,the education of theft prevention knowledge and skills shall be strengthened so that the masses can master certain theft prevention skills.Two theft crime prevention measures are proposed from the personal micro level: first,the case return-visit shall be well completed and the prevention awareness and prevention skills shall be improved through individual cases.Second,the residential areas shall be protected and the defects in prevention shall be eliminated through various forms of mass prevention and mass treatment activities.