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1. ROBBERY
THE CONTIUNES CRIMES AGAINST
PERSONS

2. THE CYCLE
Lethal
Potential of
Robbery
Criminal
Careers of
Robbers
Robbery and
Public
Transportation
Motivation of
Robbers
Drug
Robberies and
Gendered
Nature of
Robbery

3. ROBBERY
• Robbery is classified as a violent crime
because it involves the threat or use of force.
Terrence D. Miethe and David Mc Dowall
stated that neighborhoods with security and a
prominent socialization are more effective
from robbery then the disorganized
neighborhoods.

4. Because
• Homes and persons do not exist as potential
targets for motivated offenders. The victims
are targets from their perception to be
vulnerable. So if you look like a easier prey
this will increase your changes of robbery!

5. Lethal Potential of Robbery
and
Criminal Careers of Robbers
• Robbery provide the context for 7% of all
homicides annually. In 2006 approximately 16%
of all homicides occurred during the commission
of another felony. Handgun are used for most
Robbery 85% were guns.
• Are Robbery Specialist or Generalist? Page 417
• Most Robbers are Generalist because they are
diversity in the crime they committed according
to James A Wilson and Allan Abrahanase.

6. Robbery and Public Transportation
and
Motivation of Robbers
• Martha J. Smith and Ronald V. Clark state that robbery
is a rare event on transportation. Smith and Clark said
there are three scenarios robbers used: isolated areas,
selected victims outside the station; lie in wait.
According to Smith and Clark Taxicab Driver have the
greatest risk.
• Bruce A. Jacobs and Richard Wright hypothesized that
street culture was the intervening force that connected
background factors to the motivation to offend. Jacobs
and Wright concluded that robbery is a way of life.

7. Drug Robberies
and
Gendered Nature of Robbery
• Richard t. Wright and Scott H. Decker found that six out
of every ten offenders who specialized in street
robbery-forty-three of seventy- three-said that they
usually preyed on individuals who themselves were
involved in lawbreaking. Example: Young street drug
dealer.
• Jody Miller states that which sex you are has nothing to
do with robbery. Men use physical violence and rob
other men because men carried more money. Female
used physically confrontation and their sexuality to
attract males victims for men to rob.

8. Assault
and
Workplace Violence and Stalking
• Assault is the most common violent crime but also it is
the starting point for more serious incidents of
interpersonal violence, James Garbarino Stated.
• Workplace Violence is more common then generally
believed. Workplace violence account for
approximately 18% of all violent crime that occur in
the United States.
• The first anti-stalking statute was passed in 1990 in
California. Some example are rejected stalker, intimacy
seeking stalker, incompetent suitors and resentful-
vendetta stalker.