SOC229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fast Getaway, Homicide, Bucket Brigade
Document Summary
Explain unsophisticated nature of robbery dumb crime . Crime rate dropping, in general in canada. Criminogenic age (20s) replaced by older population. Violent robberies dropping: mandatory minimums on weapons (4 year flat sentence) Canada has welfare programs put in place that protect people, usa has much less of these. Overall higher rate of violent crime tied to poverty (robbery); tied to income. Violence as result of resistance & preemptive force. Hotspots vulnerable victims (women) underground garages. Violence escalates with resistance (clerk has gun) Unlike other crimes (sexual offences, homicide, dc) there is no relationship. The point is that the victim won"t be expecting it. *unless* may be acquaintances drug dealer, prostitute, adolescents: engagement in illicit activity goes unreported (because victim themself is engaging in illegal activity) Rationale protect anonymity, escape, can"t testify. Gaining compliance through victim management/manipulation: overpower vulnerable person, capitalize on policy & speed/surprise, utilize weapon, minimize violence/harm.
