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

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ROBBERYThe Root Causes of Crime and TheTheories That Explain It

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•A crime is considered to be any act that breaks the laws of a state ora country and is considered to be punishable by the same law.•The prevalence of crime in any society is used to determine theeffectiveness of its law and/or law enforcers. It is also used todetermine the stability of a society in terms of socio-economicdevelopment and improvement.•It is for this same reason that criminology is founded on. This is thestudy of crime and deviant behaviours; their root causes, theirconsequences, ways to prevent them and the means to reduce them.•The FBI are known to be a world renowned bureau that deals withcrime investigation and prevention through proper analysis of crimeand the criminal patterns established over the years. It also workshand 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’sproperty and putting the victim in danger or fear. More often thannor, it involves violence whereby the victim is seriously hurt, injuredand even murdered.•According the FBI crime analysis lab, 7% of all violent robberiesalways lead to death of the victim/s, while 47% of the times thevictim is physically injured. However virtually all robberies have anegative psychological effect on the victim.•Armed robbery has been on the rise since 2008, while aggravatedrobbery, which involves the use of deadly weapons like bombs, hasrisen since 2010.•The major difference between stealing and robbery, is that the whenthe latter is occurring there has to be use of force, fear and violenceas opposed to the former whereby the culprit tries to ensure that theowner is not aware.

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Demographics of the Crime•According to the FBI crime lab, violent crime in 2008 was1,382,012incidences , this was a 1.9% decrease from the year 2007.Robbery accounted for 36% of these incidences.•According toMasturd, 2001, gender, race and socioeconomic statusdisparities play an important role in determining if an individual willparticipate in crimes. 87.9% of all robbery crimes are done by maleindividual while majority of them are coloured, either African-American orLatin-American, from a low income background.•This plays a role in shaping the sentencing patterns as non white malesalways get a harsher sentence as compared to a white female. AccordingtoAlbonetti, 1997, 30% of the male culprits arrested for involvement inrobbery get a no prison sentence compared to 65% of women.•69.8% of all robbers are either high school drop outs or cleared from highschool 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 subsequentrobbery as opposed to 52% of while male robbers and 28% of women.

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