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Robbery: The Root Causes Of Crime And The Theories That Explain It

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    ROBBERY The Root Causes of Crime and The Theories That Explain It

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    • A crime is considered to be any act that breaks the laws of a state or a country and is considered to be punishable by the same law. • The prevalence of crime in any society is used to determine the effectiveness of its law and/or law enforcers. It is also used to determine the stability of a society in terms of socio - economic development and improvement. • It is for this same reason that criminology is founded on. This is the study of crime and deviant behaviours; their root causes, their consequences, ways to prevent them and the means to reduce them. • The FBI are known to be a world renowned bureau that deals with crime investigation and prevention through proper analysis of crime and the criminal patterns established over the years. It also works hand in hand with the public for relevant information. Introduction

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    Definition of the crime • Robbery is defined as the act of forcefully taking someone’s property and putting the victim in danger or fear. More often than nor, it involves violence whereby the victim is seriously hurt, injured and even murdered. • According the FBI crime analysis lab, 7% of all violent robberies always lead to death of the victim/s, while 47% of the times the victim is physically injured. However virtually all robberies have a negative psychological effect on the victim. • Armed robbery has been on the rise since 2008, while aggravated robbery, which involves the use of deadly weapons like bombs, has risen since 2010. • The major difference between stealing and robbery, is that the when the latter is occurring there has to be use of force, fear and violence as opposed to the former whereby the culprit tries to ensure that the owner is not aware.

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    Demographics of the Crime • According to the FBI crime lab, violent crime in 2008 was 1,382,012 incidences , this was a 1.9% decrease from the year 2007. Robbery accounted for 36% of these incidences. • According to Masturd , 2001, gender, race and socioeconomic status disparities play an important role in determining if an individual will participate in crimes. 87.9% of all robbery crimes are done by male individual while majority of them are coloured, either African - American or Latin - American, from a low income background. • This plays a role in shaping the sentencing patterns as non white males always get a harsher sentence as compared to a white female. According to Albonetti , 1997, 30% of the male culprits arrested for involvement in robbery get a no prison sentence compared to 65% of women. • 69.8% of all robbers are either high school drop outs or cleared from high school but did not get a chance to go college. It is also estimated that 73% of non white male first time robbers will be involved in a subsequent robbery as opposed to 52% of while male robbers and 28% of women.

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