SOC229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Roger Caron, Dysfunctional Family, Desroches Island

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Force and fear: robbery in canada : interviews with 80 convicted male bank robbers in penitentiaries across canada, took over 8 years for him to do the study. Some of them were reoffended and went back after they did more robberies. Roger caron - the book bingo! and go-boy! . No female bank robbers - except for one - but she refused to give an interview. Background info about these robbers: drugs were a part of the picture, dysfunctional families, low ses, unemployment. These men were most recidivists; criminals who reoffend. Many types of offences: car theft / assault / abduction / kidnapping / fraud / shoplifting / b&es, possession of narcotics, possession of offensive weapons, stolen property, one case of murder and manslaughter. In canada, if you get a prison sentence of 2+ years, you go to a federal penitentiary. The violent nature of bank robberies is what classifies them as violent .

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