The Modus Operandi of Burglary in Turkey

MERCAN B. A.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, cilt.59, sa.1, ss.45-63, 2019 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1093/bjc/azy028
  • Dergi Adı: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.45-63
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: crime, burglary, disposition, the modus operandi, criminal capital, TARGET SELECTION, DECISION-MAKING, EXPERTISE, CRIME
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Much of criminology has recently tended to replace the sociological concept of professional criminal or good thief by the psychological concept of expertise that draws attention to the cognitive processing of individualized offenders who automatically become aware of burglary-related cues. Setting out the experiences of a group of ex-offenders in the capital of Turkey, this article proposes the dispositional theory of action in understanding the modus operandi of burglary and further argues that professional burglary is a collective form of action made possible by the combination of bodily and mental dispositions capitalized within an internal organization of burglary. This article not only reveals the intrinsic operational logic of burglary in a non-Western context but also takes the first step in arousing scholarly interest to study the modus operandi of professional burglary specifically in Turkey.