System of property crimes in US criminal law
The article outlines the general principles of liability and the elements of the offences against property; theft offences: larceny, embezzlement, false pretenses; offences related to theft: robbery, burglary, blackmail; and other personal property crimes: receiving stolen property, criminal trespass, criminal mischief and arson in criminal law of the USA. The proposed analysis is based on the study of criminal legislature, existing precedents and criminal law doctrine of different US jurisdictions as well as norms of Model Penal Code.