Whether the reason or cause is personal economic hardship, innate disrespect for honesty and the law, greed or some disdain for (hard) work, there are parents or guardians who will knowingly accept stolen items generated by their younger relations.
These older persons – identified or not- are automatically receivers of stolen goods. They are as guilty as the actual thieves. No receivers or market, less thieves. Similarly, the accountants who fiddle books for employers or clients, auto mechanics who spray over and re-model stolen vehicles are themselves being criminal.
The above suffices to illustrate that the crime of theft in
