Identify and contrast the burglar typologies of Vaughn et al. and Fox and Farrington.

What will be an ideal response?


Vaughn et al.’s four categories are young versatile, vagrant, drug-oriented, and sexual predators. The categories are associated with the underlying motives for the burglary. Fox and Farrington’s typology was based on the crime scene rather than the motivation. Their four offense styles are opportunistic, organized, disorganized, and interpersonal.

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