SOC 1410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pencil, Property Crime, Larceny
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Definition: the taking or attempted taking of anything of value from the care, custory or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or putting the victim in fear . Rate of 2012 (114/100000) down nearly 60% since its peak in 1992. Robbery is risky due to the scene having to be managed: hedonistic drive and pressing need for cash drives robbery, gendered robbery patterns. Those conducted with a gun are much less likely to result in physical harm (people are more likely to comply with demands) Drug dealers are ideal targets for a robbery: they won"t report it to the police, acquire immediate goods (cash or drugs not checks or credit cards) Solutions- expanding markets in credit, access to banking. Definition: an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury . Weapon or use of hands/feet differentiate from simple assault.
