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situational crime

crime that is committed when an opportunity is there for the criminal to commit it.

a relatively new concept of preventing this type of crime is Situational Crime Prevention (SCP), which is when methods are used to reduce the number of opportunities available for criminals to commit crimes
Oh, that CCTV camera definitely helped prevent a situational crime
The room's empty, no one's expected, perfect time to commit a situational crime
by titaniyum August 31, 2017
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