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Home invasion is the crime
Crime

Societies define Crime as the breach of one or more rules or laws for which some Government or force may ultimately prescribe a punishment.The word crime originates from the Latin crimen , from the Latin root cerno and Greek ????? = "I judge"....
 of entering a private and occupied dwelling
Dwelling

Dwelling - as well as being a term for a house, or for living somewhere, or for lingering somewhere - is a philosophical concept which was developed by Martin Heidegger....
, with the intent of committing a crime, often while threatening the resident of the dwelling. It is a legally defined offense in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, and New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, and applies even if entry is not forced
Forced Entry

Forced Entry may refer to:*Forced Entry *Forced Entry ...
. It can also apply if someone is invited into a home and remains on the premises after being asked to leave by the resident.

Home invasion differs from burglary
Burglary

Burglary is a crime the essence of which is entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offence. Usually that offence will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary....
, which is usually defined as unlawful entry into any occupied or unoccupied building, with intent to commit one of a list of specified offences.






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Home invasion is the crime
Crime

Societies define Crime as the breach of one or more rules or laws for which some Government or force may ultimately prescribe a punishment.The word crime originates from the Latin crimen , from the Latin root cerno and Greek ????? = "I judge"....
 of entering a private and occupied dwelling
Dwelling

Dwelling - as well as being a term for a house, or for living somewhere, or for lingering somewhere - is a philosophical concept which was developed by Martin Heidegger....
, with the intent of committing a crime, often while threatening the resident of the dwelling. It is a legally defined offense in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, and New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, and applies even if entry is not forced
Forced Entry

Forced Entry may refer to:*Forced Entry *Forced Entry ...
. It can also apply if someone is invited into a home and remains on the premises after being asked to leave by the resident.

Home invasion differs from burglary
Burglary

Burglary is a crime the essence of which is entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offence. Usually that offence will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary....
, which is usually defined as unlawful entry into any occupied or unoccupied building, with intent to commit one of a list of specified offences. Home invasion covers an intent to commit any crime.

Home invasion may be accompanied by other crimes. commit breaking and entering, and are sometimes intent on assault
Assault

Assault is a crime of violence against another human. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of fo...
, robbery
Robbery

Robbery is the crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation. At common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear....
, rape
Rape

Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent....
, or murder
Murder

Murder as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent , and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide....
. Houston, Texas saw a rise in such crimes in the late 1990s when elderly women shoppers at an upscale mall were targeted based on their jewelry, followed home, and robbed in their driveways.

Few statistics are available on home invasion as a crime, because it is not technically a crime in most states. Persons charged with "home invasion" are actually charged with robbery, kidnapping, and assault charges. But law enforcement has been seeing the increase in "home-invasion robberies" since at least June 1995, when "home-invasion robberies" were the topic of the cover story of The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. They state the crime is considered an alternative to bank or convenience store robberies, which are getting harder to pull off cleanly due to technological advances in security. In this same article, the FBI recommends educating the public about home invasion.

Since 1995, some authorities have suggested that home invasion is a minimal threat to the average person and usually involves invaders who have a personal knowledge of the home and home-owner. Both are somewhat true.

According to an Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press , is a comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Two fully-bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989; as of December 2008 the dictionary's current editors have completed a quarter of the third edition....
 (OED) draft entry for March 2004, the first published usage of the term in its modern sense is a November 1973 article in the Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is an United States daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois....
. The OED also cites a use of the term in the 1989 novel
1989 in literature

The year 1989 in literature involved some significant events and new books....
 Toxic Shock
Toxic Shock (novel)

Toxic Shock , published in New York in 1988 is a novel by Sara Paretsky based on the character V. I. Warshawski, a female private investigator....
 (ISBN 0-575-04372-5) by Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky is a modern United States author of detective fiction. Paretsky was raised in Kansas, and graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in political science....
.

Perhaps the most infamous home invasion of all time is the November 15, 1959 quadruple murder of the Clutter family by Richard "Dick" Hickock
Richard Hickock

Richard "Dick" Eugene Hickock was one of two ex-convicts who murdered the four members of the Herb Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood....
 and Perry Edward Smith
Perry Smith (murderer)

Perry Edward Smith was one of two ex-convicts who murdered four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States on November 15, 1959....
 in rural Holcomb
Holcomb, Kansas

Holcomb is a city in Finney County, Kansas, Kansas, United States. The population was 2,026 at the 2000 United States Census.Holcomb is known for the Clutter family murder and subsequent Truman Capote novel In Cold Blood....
, Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....
. The murders were detailed in Truman Capote
Truman Capote

Truman Capote was an United States writer whose short stories, novels, plays, and non-fiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood , which he labeled a "non-fiction novel"....
's world-famous "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood is a 1966 book by Truman Capote.In Cold Blood may also refer to:* In Cold Blood , a 1967 film and 1996 miniseries, both based on the book...
.

A more recent infamous home invasion occurred on July 23, 2007 in Cheshire, Connecticut
Cheshire, Connecticut

Cheshire is a New England town in New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 28,543 at the 2000 United States Census....
 where two paroled criminals terrorized the Petit family for hours, tying the daughters to beds, committing sexual assault, strangling the mother, and leaving the father severely beaten; then setting the home afire with gasoline. The perpetrators may face the death penalty for these crimes. Another infamous home invasion occurred on November 26, 2007 when Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland....
 star Sean Taylor
Sean Taylor

Sean Michael Maurice Taylor was an American football Safety who played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played College football at the University of Miami, where he helped lead the Miami Hurricanes football to a national championship in 2001....
 was murdered during an overnight home invasion of his suburban Miami home. Four defendants were charged with this crime.

Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
 Congressman Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy (politician)

Christopher S. Murphy is an United States politician, member of the United States Democratic Party. He is a former Connecticut Connecticut Senate, and the current United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 5th congressional district ....
 has proposed making home invasion a federal crime in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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