Video from YouTube: Bob Arno, world's fastest-fingered pickpocket
Pattern: Pickpocketing
Victims: persons in crowded areas/heavily trafficked areas , unsuspecting persons, tourists
Perpetrators: usually involves skill perpetrator, in urban and tourist areas may be organized ring
Locations: streets, public transportation, tourist areas
Times: any time
Entry/Approach Methods: skilled pickpocket sometimes approaches without appearing to interact with victim and disappears quickly, sometimes bumps victim, some use distraction with/without another person stealing wallet/valuables
Stolen Goods: wallet, cash, credit cards, jewelry, other valuables
Method: many methods including sleight of hand, speed, misdirection, feigned providing or requiring assistance, may happen in crowded area where body contact would not be unusual and so goes unnoticed, may be professionals
Motive: quick cash, profit
Query Terms: pocket, picked, pickpocket, wallet, bump, distract, press, reach
Suggestions: track all pickpocketing in your jurisdiction, know who your chronic offenders are and educate officers and community about them, develop prevention awareness products for community
Resources:
Bob Arno has much more street crime analysis at Thiefhunters in Paradise http://bobarno.com/thiefhunter and at http://www.bobarno.com/bata.htm
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