Burglary

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When burglary is referred to unauthorized entry into a confined zone at overcoming an obstacle or a special security against theft; Further details are defined in national law. A break-in is usually done with the aim of gaining possession of objects and / or information.

Criminal law

A "burglary" offense does not occur in the German legal area. Burglary is always linked to other motives or facts, such as theft , trespassing or damage to property at obstacles or the attempt to do so .

Germany

According to German criminal law , the facts of § 243 (particularly serious case of theft) and § 244 ( theft with weapons; gang theft; burglary ) come into consideration with the basic offense of § 242 as well as trespassing according to § 123 . If the break-in z. If a lock or window is damaged, for example, property damage has actually occurred. The decisive difference between the forms of theft and trespassing is the intent to assassinate . Burglary is by far the most common form.

Trespassing can be thought of when the “burglar” acts without the intention of enriching himself , but is knowingly or avowedly unwelcome.

Austria

In Austria one commits a criminal offense according to § 129 StGB (theft by break-in or with weapons) .

Switzerland

A burglary in Switzerland is liable to prosecution under Art. 139 StGB for theft , under Art. 186 StGB for trespassing, and / or additionally under Art. 144 StGB for damage to property.

Procedures

Damaged entrance door after a break-in in a train station kiosk in Guntersblum : Property damage is often evident after break-ins

In the event of a break-in, doors and windows are often broken open or levered open - a common culprit method of working with weak strike plates and small roller cams. Very often it comes to attacks on lock cylinder by cylinder locks . Lock cylinders are an important part of door security. However, they can only offer security in the system unit - lock, lock cylinder, fitting. Lock cylinders are attacked in a variety of ways during break-ins. They must therefore offer protection against the perpetrator's methods of breaking, drilling, re-closing and pulling.

The following can be considered in detail:

  • Breaking open / prying open the door or window with tools in the locking area or the hinge side
  • Door leaf breakthrough with physical violence (glass / wood filling)
  • Attacks on locks and fittings or the lock cylinder
  • Opening the door with a key
  • Drilling attacks in the window handle area / olive
  • Smash the glass, reach through and unlock

A hot work is understood to mean the modus operandi relating to the object under consideration . Here is fire (to weld ) is used.
A cold work is, however, (pry) the use of tools.

Prevention

Burglary protection measures are intended to prevent unauthorized entry into a locked room or area. Break-ins can be made more difficult by creating obstacles (fences, doors, security technology) and increasing security, for example by patrol duty. Large company buildings or premises can also be secured by night watchmen , while private individuals and companies often protect their property with intrusion alarm systems or various types of presence simulation . While presence was previously mainly simulated by leaving a light or the television on, today more and more people are working with smart home technology. These are digitally linked systems that give the resident the ability to control various electronic devices in the house from their smartphones . Sensors, cameras, existing lights and specially developed TV and shadow movement simulation devices can be connected to one another in order not only to deter burglars, but also to be able to react in the event of a break-in and to facilitate the police's educational work.

Clearance rate

The clearing-up rate for burglaries is low. In Germany it was 20.3% in 1973 (only in the Federal Republic of Germany), 13.8% in 1993 and 15.7% in 2012. Compared to 2011, this is even a decrease of 0.5 percent. The rising burglary rate is countered by a falling clearing-up rate of only 15.5% in 2013. However, in only about a third of these cases (judged by the police as cleared) the evidence is sufficient for a charge and effectively it comes in about three percent of the cases to convictions

See also

literature

  • Adam Merschbacher: Security Analysis for Businesses . VdS-Verlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-936050-04-X
  • Adam Merschbacher: Security analysis for households . VdS-Verlag, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-936050-03-1

Web links

Wiktionary: burglary  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. Kevin - the virtual roommate as protection against burglars. Retrieved March 19, 2019 .
  2. The counselor Internet crime of the Lower Saxony police - Smarthome. Retrieved March 19, 2019 .
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  4. Bundeskriminalamt, Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2011 - Summary , Wiesbaden 2012, pp. 79–80 ( online ( memento of the original from September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original - and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. , PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bka.de
  5. welt.de, Germany is the Eldorado for burglars , May 11, 2013
  6. Federal Criminal Police Office, Police Criminal Statistics (PKS) 2013 - Summary , Wiesbaden 2013, p. 53. ( online ( memento of the original from September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. , PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bka.de
  7. Not even three percent of all burglars are convicted , FAZ Online February 16, 2016
  8. Jacobs L. (2016) Apartments are easy prey , Zeit Online March 31, 2016