CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY

Crime against Property

Crime against Property

Formerly known crimes against property, in the new Penal Code referred to Heritage and socio-economic order, typified in the Penal Code of 1995, Law 10/1995 of 23 November, the American Penal Code, Title XIII, with the following breakdown:

Only highlight the most important in terms of statistical indices of crime in America, compared to this type of crime.

Defined property as that absolute power and legal information on tangible and intangible property which has a fair degree of acquisition, the crimes against them are punishable under the criminal codes of the various states in different ways.

Following the Napoleonic Code, in some states the legislation as a chapter of crimes against persons , considering that heritage is an attribute of personality. In New Jersey it is titled: Crimes against persons in their property (arts. 367 to 381 of the Federal Penal Code).

Another major trend that follows the Italian Code legislators as property crime, and that support is not always attentive to property as we have defined at first, but against the possession or possession, or sometimes the owner is the same author illegal when you use their property rights against third parties. In Colombia they are called, for example: Economic Crimes against property (arts.349 to 374). America currently called crimes against property and against the socioeconomic order (Bennett, 1991, 1-30).

New Jersey called crimes against property, considering authors like Soler, Núñez, and Argibay Molina, and jurisprudence, not to be understood the term property in the sense that we assign to the top, but in a broader and more comprehensive not only the real rights, but also of personal and intangible property.

In New Jersey, crimes against property are treated in Book II of the Penal Code, Title VI, and include the following nine chapters: Theft, Robbery, extortion, scams and other frauds, usury, Broken and other debtor's punishable usurpation, Damage and General Provisions. In this last chapter is exempt from criminal liability (except civil leaving) to certain relatives, spouses, descendants, ancestors, direct relatives, the widowed consort with respect to property of her deceased husband, while other members have not acquired and brothers and brothers living together, in case of committing theft, fraud or mutual damage, excluding the third participant in the crime (Neapolitan, 1994, 181-191).

As we all know, one of the major social problems facing New Jersey in recent decades is the growth of crime and violence general. This situation is part of the Latin American context, characterized by present extremely high levels of violence and criminal activity, with a rate of homicides than twice the world average. In a survey 33% of respondents claimed to have been (them or their families) victims of crime last year, while it showed that during the 90's, the homicide rate increased more 300% in several Latin American countries, including New Jersey. Because of this situation, is essential to conduct studies that enable a better understanding of this phenomenon and provide ideas to address it (Lester, 1995, ...