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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"Robbery"”.
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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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Deciding who to blame for rape and robbery in Turkey
… to victims and perpetrators in rape compared to robbery cases in Turkey. Each participant read three short case scenarios (vignettes) and completed items pertaining to the female victim and male perpetrator. The vignettes were systematically varied with regard to the type of crime that was …
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Whodunnit? Grave-robbery in early medieval northern and western Europe
… in detail an intensive outbreak of grave-robbery in 6th-7th century Kent. This is closely related to the same phenomenon in Merovingia: an example of the import of not only material goods but also a distinctive cultural practice. Limited numbers of similar robbing episodes, affecting a …
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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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Fear and Fortune: Robbery in London in the Late Eighteenth Century
… discussion of crime at the time. Victims of robbery came from all different social classes and demographic groups, and this too contributed to the fear by creating an image of robbers who could attack anyone at any time. This ardent fear appeared to have overshadowed some of the new social …
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Aggravated robbery in the Zambian criminal justice system: controlled use of firearms
… use of firearms, increase in aggravated robbery cases and other related cases in Zambia. There have been newspaper reports and cases concerning shootings and cases of aggravated robberies. This uncontrolled use of firearms has raised concern as to how the Firearms Act aids regulation of …
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Application of Routine Activities Theory to the Study of Residential Armed Robbery in Ghana
… 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 that …
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Serial robbery: An investigation into the variations of offence behaviour and implications for inferring offender characteristics
… and to what extent the thematic structure of robbery offence behaviours identified in L. Alison, W. Rockett, S. Deprez & S. Watts, 2000 is replicated for an Australian sample of serial robbers. Offence variables representing variations in the degree of planning (proactive-reactive) and …
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Narratives of Crime and Disorder: Representations of Robbery and Burglary in the London Press, 1780-1830
… century focusing on two felonies: highway robbery and burglary, two of the most feared crimes at that time and used by contemporaries to assess the moral health of the capital. The press's reliance on unsolved crime reports provide a more realistic guide to the extent and nature of …
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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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Understanding theft from the person and robbery of personal property victimisation trends in England and Wales, 1994-2010/11
… the changing nature of theft from the person and robbery of personal property over a 17-year period (1994-2010/11) in England and Wales. Between 1995 and 2010/11, all crime recorded by the British Crime Survey (BCS) fell 50 per cent, with a 27 and 17 per cent fall in robbery and theft from the …
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Plėšimą kvalifikuojantys požymiai /
Robbery Aggravating Elements Despite the strict legal protection of property, the greater part of the criminal acts, recorded in Lithuania involve particularly criminal acts based on property, proprietary rights and proprietary interests. The robbery is one of the most hazardous and endangered …
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Capacity Building of Voluntary Security Group: A case study of Mbezi Salasala Kilimahewa Community in Kinondoni District, Dar es salaam, Tanzania
… Although there is progress in reducing arm robbery, still the threat is there. Arm robbery remains a problem at Salasala Kilimahewa and Tanzania in general. Efforts taken include, formation of a VSG which is a Sungusungu group which lack security skills and is facilitated by only few people …
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Knowledge updating in jurors : cognitive load affects juror decision making.
… 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 likely to …
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Operationalizing the spatial influence of the risk factors behind the open-air drug markets in Durham region
… which are alcohol outlets, bus stops, street robbery, and prostitution areas on open-air drug dealing are operationalized through RTM. The geographical approach to open-air drug markets is assessed to understand better whether it can help authorities to make cost-effective decisions that …
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The Incarcerated Female Offenders: A Study of Inmates of Julia Tutwiler Prison.
… also in more serious crimes such as homicide, robbery, and aggravated assault. 
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Crime and punishment in the Delaware River area, 1740-1790, as reported in the Philadelphia newspapers
… by stabbing, serious maiming, highway robbery, burglary, arson, sodomy, buggery, rape, concealing the death of a bastard child, advising the killing such a child, and witchcraft. Later in the period counterfeiting was added to the list. Offenses which were not deemed capital were …
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