the occasional criminal only performs the act if the opportunity occurs in his/her routine of daily life. Ex. someone is walking by a car & it happens to be unlocked & the person notices they might take their car stereo
An occasional criminal would be someone who on occasion might shoplift, or take leave a restaurant and not pay for their meal. A professional criminal, makes his or her living by illicit dealings. Their criminal activity is constant as opposed to only infrequently.
An occasional criminal is more likely to resort to violence due to lack of experience and planning, whereas a professional criminal usually prefers to avoid violence in order to minimize the risk of getting caught and to maintain a lucrative criminal career.
the diff is that an occasional or routine criminal defined, by the routine activities theory, is that the occasional criminal only performs the act if the opportunity occurs in his/her routine of daily life. Ex. someone is walking by a car & it happens to be unlocked & the person notices they might take their car stereo. A professional criminal perfroms crimes as a daily activity & most likely for their primary source of income unlike the occasional in that crime would be a second or third source of income. -Rusty Arcieri-
the diff is that an occasional or routine criminal defined, by the routine activities theory, is that the occasional criminal only performs the act if the opportunity occurs in his/her routine of daily life. Ex. someone is walking by a car & it happens to be unlocked & the person notices they might take their car stereo. A professional criminal perfroms crimes as a daily activity & most likely for their primary source of income unlike the occasional in that crime would be a second or third source of income. -Rusty Arcieri-
The opposite of occasional is frequent.
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An Occasional Hell was created in 1993.
The duration of Occasional Wife is 1440.0 seconds.
An Occasional Hell has 256 pages.
Occasional Wife - 1966 My Occasional Brother's Keeper 1-27 was released on: USA: 11 April 1967
Occasional Wife was created on 1966-09-13.