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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Armed robbery"”.
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Challenges of Combating Armed Robbery in Kilimanjaro Region and Nairobi County
This study examines challenges of combating armed robbery in Kilimanjaro region Tanzania and Nairobi County in Kenya as case studies. Combating armed robbery crimes is a very crucial aspect in the development of any state. The police force and police services bear this responsibility in both …
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Application of Routine Activities Theory to the Study of Residential Armed Robbery in Ghana
… motivating factors associated with residential armed robbery in Ghana. Although several studies have examined crime through the lenses of Routine Activities theory, none such studies have been dedicated to the study of residential armed robbery in Ghana. This study, therefore, attempts to fill …
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Parents’ perceptions of the reactions of children in middle childhood that were involved in an armed robbery
… experienced after being involved in an armed robbery. There were three reasons for choosing this topic, the primary one being that the researcher has come across very little research around this topic. Another reason was that it fits within the social work context, as social workers are …
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The profiling of robbery offenders
This thesis has investigated the offence of robbery. Specifically, the semi-systematic review analysed commercial armed robbery, grouping offenders in terms of an apparent scale of professionalism to amateurism. Within armed robbery, target hardening strategies appear to have reduced opportunities …
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The seafarer, piracy and the law: a human rights approach
… cannot, legally, be classed as piracy but as armed robbery. Piracy and armed robbery at sea can consist of one or more of the following crimes upon the person: murder, violence actual or implied, rape, torture and disappearance and are considered a violation of the seafarers' human rights. The …
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Knowledge updating in jurors : cognitive load affects juror decision making.
Mock jurors read a trial summary describing the armed robbery of a convenience store and rendered a verdict. Then, half of the jurors viewed an exculpatory videotape of the robbery; the remaining jurors completed an unrelated task. All jurors voted again. Those who watched the video were less …
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An examination of the impact of corroborator age on alibi assessment
… a police detective and to assess the alibi of an armed robbery suspect. The alibi contained a single individual that was willing to verify the suspect’s account (i.e., an alibi corroborator). In Study 1, I examined the impact of the alibi corroborator’s age (i.e., 8-year-old vs. 25-year-old) and …
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The Disobedient Prisoner: A Racial Comparison of the Level of Punishment Prescribed to Inmates for Rule Violations
… current study, only inmates who had committed armed robbery, aggravated assault, or murder were in the sample. After the modification of the variables comprised of race, rule violations, and punishment type, the sample size was 652. First, an OLS regression was used in three models, which …
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Paradigms and prisons: a narrative of translation and transformation : my hero's journey from "at-risk" youth to teacher/learner in a jail setting /
… of 12 and 18 who have committed crimes such as armed robbery, assault, rape, and murder. As this thesis follows my continual development from egoic self/teacher/learner to universal Self/Teacher/Learner, it also enables me to both consciously and unconsciously open the ways in which I expand my …
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Blackwater versus Blackbeard : which international regulations exist for the use of private maritime security companies in vessel protection operations?
The problem of piracy and armed robbery at sea has sharply risen in the last decades. As a result, shipping companies, governments, insurances and maritime organisations have tried to approach the problem in different ways, the employment of private maritime security companies being one of them. …
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Security and safety perception of commuters of the bus rapid transit system in Lagos State, Nigeria
… crimes such as stealing, pilfering, theft, and armed robbery while in wait areas and on the bus, especially during morning rush hours and evenings. Temporal factors, physical environment, and socioeconomic factors also influence the safety and security perception. Recommendations to improve …
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Private Actions--Public Responsibilities: Reflections on West v. Atkins (1988)
… Quincy West was sentenced to prison in 1973 for armed robbery. While in prison he suffered a torn Achilles tendon for which he received inadequate medical care. After numerous attempts to obtain medical care, West filed suit against the prison physician contractor in federal courts for cruel and …
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Exploring Resilience Capabilities of Micro and Small Businesses during Crisis in Nigeria
… herders-farmers conflicts, banditry, and armed robbery) and natural crises (COVID-19 pandemic, flooding), each with distinct impacts on operations and sustainability. MSBs demonstrate various resilience capabilities, including rapid environmental scanning, information assimilation, …
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The sexual assault and rape of male offenders and awaiting-trial detainees
… were awaiting trial for an aggressive offence (armed robbery) and one for a sexual offence (rape). The perpetrators forced their victims to engage in oral sex, inter-femoral sex and anal sex. The aims of the study were reached and recommendations for further research were also made. Emanating …
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The East African community‘s maritime domain: an innovative institutional framework
… techniques. The research found that piracy, armed robbery against ships at sea, illegal fishing, trafficking of narcotics, light weapons, and humans, and marine degradation are the main security threats in the EAC maritime domain, which the researcher has defined as the Exclusive Economic …
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REDUCING DISPARITY IN JUDICIAL SENTENCING: A SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH
… who were presented a description of a case of armed robbery. As predicted, variability within councils was considerably less as a function of discussion in three-member councils and this effect was stronger for mock judges who had not written down their sentences than for those who had …
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Raising the Black Flag : state capacity, geography, international law, and the resurgence of maritime crime
In my dissertation I seek to answer the questions regarding why some coastal populations turn to maritime crime in domestic and international waters, and others do not. In this work I advocate that generalizable geographic, political, and economic conditions can explain a significant portion of …
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF PROJECT FAILURE IN GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: GHANA AS A CASE STUDY
… empowerment, loss of worker hours, pollution, armed robbery and theft, relocation of services, denial of citizens' basic rights, loss of properties, emotional stress on citizens, accidents and deaths, imprisonment, and abandonment of homes. The study revealed that some of these effects are …