Room 611: Friday, October 16. 2020

Today's classes are:

9:15 - 11:50 A Block Criminology

12:30 - 3:05 D Block Social and Environmental Sciences

A Block Criminology - Today we'll delve deeper into theft by looking at Burglary, Break and Enter, Arson (and the motives for setting fires intentionally) and then we'll examine the five types of motor vehicle theft.

After, we'll watch an episode of the TNT television show "Leverage" (the Boost Job) from Season 3. I'd like you to pay attention to is the skill set that each member of the leverage team has: Nathan "Nate" Ford "The Mastermind"; Sophie Devereaux "The Grifter"; Alec Hardison "The Hacker"; Eliot Spencer "The Hitter"; and Parker "The Thief". I'd also like you to think of the types of crime in the show and how each one was perpetrated (auto theft, embezzlement, fraud, and identity theft). In the episode, Paul Mantlo, a teacher who runs a landscaping business on the side has purchased a pick-up truck from Penzer Auto Sales. This truck turns out to have been stolen, and has a cloned VIN (Vehicle Identification Number). Nate, the master mind of the group, briefs the team and explains that the owner of Penzer's Auto, Duke Penzer, is an ex-racer and he "clones" stolen cars by registering them in other states. Parker (the thief) knows all about how car theft works and explains how Penzer runs his scam...The episode deals with auto theft, fraud, and good burglars. This will help you with last Monday's blog entry on auto theft and next week's blog entry on good burglars.

For more check out:
Vehicle Cloning: Stolen Vehicles Hiding in Plain Sight
Police issue warning to used car buyers after busting fraud scheme
How to avoid being duped by car cloning scams
Edmonton police bust vehicle VIN cloning scam, recover $500,000 in property

All of this will help you with Monday's blog post. Today, look at Neil Shover's explanation on page 234-237 in the CRIM textbook.

D Block Social and Environmental Sciences - Back in the learning commons/library today to begin/continue work on your water conflict poster project. Remember:

Why is there a crisis over water in your area? What social and environmental factors do you think are contributing to the water crisis? What are common factors that go along with the water disputes, such as political instability, social unrest, economic downturn, heavy unemployment, civil warfare, etc.?
Who are the “players” or "stakeholders" in this conflict? What are their motives and interests in the water dispute?
What is the water source in question (river, aqueduct, canal, watershed, tributary, reservoir, dam, etc.)? How large is the water source, and how large is the area through which the water source flows? Approximately how many people use this waterway as their main source of water?
Where in the world and in the country and/or region is the water source? Identify the waterway on a map, and highlight areas of the map involved in or affected by the issues in dispute (locations of villages, industries, crops, next closest water source, other water sources, country/clan borders, etc.).
How would the water source be affected by different outcomes of the water dispute? Use different colors or a symbol to indicate how the water source would be diverted, dammed or re-aligned. How would the items you highlighted in the previous question be affected by these changes?
How, if at all, would this water conflict be resolved? What is the current state of the dispute, if it is ongoing? What are solutions to the water crisis? Can you come up with ways that would provide the basis for a water-sharing plan?

We will give you poster paper today.