Investigating the Criminal Profiling of Theft

Abstract. According to statistical data across the country and data of Kermanshah city, theft has been found to be the most important crime in terms of level of occurrence among crimes such as crimes against property or ownership. Therefore, to control the said crime, it is imperative to examine the criminal profile of this crime in terms of stolen properties characteristics, perpetrators and the victims. This research is aimed at exploring the criminal profile in the city of Kermanshah in order to exercise preventive measures for reducing this crime (Examination of theft based on stolen properties characteristics from 2007 to 2012). The current article falls under applied categories in terms of goal. In terms of administration, it is a descriptive-analytical study with a survey format. The statistical population of this research consists of theft crimes such as thefts which were committed during a five year old period in the city of Kermanshah. The data needed for the research was obtained from a set of existing statistics in police and judicial centers in a full tally form. The findings suggested that there was a significant relationship between hours, spatial and geographic location with the kind of theft in the said city. According to these findings, it became clear that the highest rate of carjacking occurred in the north of the city, robbery from private places in the central city and in the second half of the day ( 2-12p.m.), theft of car parts in the north of the city, motorcycle theft in the south of the city, burglary in the north of the city, shoplifting in the central city and state place thefts in the south of the city and in the early hours of the day (12-1 a.m.). Research results showed that outlining of the criminal profile of Kermanshah city will facilitate guidelines for preventing the commission of this crime while defining the situation of thefts within the determined time interval