One of the major problems of contemporary society is crime. While the media may focus upon crimes of bodily harm, such as rape and homicide, most criminal activity involves unlawful acts against a person's property. One such crime is unlawful entry, which is the focus of this study.
             Unlawful entry, more commonly known as break and enter, is a major problem today. It is the entry to a person's property (home or shop) without their permission thereby breaking the law. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of unlawful entry crimes over the past decade. Although there are many different reasons why people commit this offence, it always has a major effect on both the individual(s) involved as well as the community in which it occurs.
             Generally speaking, people commit crimes for all sorts of reasons. There is no particular age bracket or sex that can be targeted for any particular crime. However, one trend that is associated with unlawful entry crimes is that the majority of offenders commit the crime to clear debt from other areas of criminal activity. A good reason that is often handed to police is that they were doing it just to clear debts from drug dealers or to help their current drug addiction. Another incentive that people have to commit unlawful entry crimes is for the huge rush that they get from either committing the crime or running from someone afterwards. Another trend that is seen with unlawful entry crimes is that they are often spontaneous actions and not usually well planned or well timed. Most of them are committed at night or on houses that seem to have been empty for several days. But no matter how they happen, who commits it, why they do it and when they do it, it always has a huge aff!
             ect on both the community and the individuals involved.
             These types of crimes have both financial and personal effects on communities and the individual. Whenever property is broken or stolen through unlawful...