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1	Příležitost dělá zloděje: zkoumání praktického využití teorie příležitosti k trestné činnosti / The opportunity makes the thief: exploration of the practical using of the crime opportunity theory Zahradníčková, Kristýna January 2018 (has links) The opportunity theory for crime is composed of three partial concepts. The first concept is the routine activity theory that works with a potential offender, a suitable target and a capable guardian. The opportunity for crime occurs in the moment when the offender faces the target while guardians are absent. The second concept, the rational choice perspective, is based on the idea that the offender considers benefit and risk stemming from the crime. The third concept is the crime pattern theory that focuses on the importance of time and space. This master thesis focuses on the usability of the opportunity theory for crime in the context of our current society. Although the opportunity theory for crime is nearly forty years old, this work shows that it is also applicable on cybercrime since some of the "classical" crimes moved from physical space to cyberspace. The potential offender and suitable target exist and behave similarly in cyberspace and in physical space. The difference between the two worlds is notable for the capable guardian, who does not occur randomly in the cyberspace but is embodied in the form of ever-present protection. The opportunity theory also claims that the opportunities are highly specific, they play role in causing all crime, they are influenced by technological...
2	Jewellery store robbery: a victim risk and intervention perspective Zannoni, Elio 30 April 2008 (has links) The exploratory study investigated jewellery store robbery from a victim risk and intervention perspective. An explanation of the phenomenon was offered based on the information obtained from a review of the existing literature, case studies, personal observations at jewellery stores, discussions with jewellers, a scientific questionnaire submitted to jewellers, and semi-structured and structured interviews conducted with a group of knowledgeable respondents and victimised jewellers respectively. A predominantly quantitative research method was applied. The research findings obtained during the study enabled a proposal for a jewellery store robbery intervention model based on the situational crime prevention perspective, which is inclusive of decisional, environmental, situational, procedural, personnel and business-oriented strategies. / Criminology / M.A. (Criminology) Robbery intervention model Situational crime prevention Crime opportunity Victim facilitation Victim precipitation Victim vulnerability Victim risk Robbery victimisation Commercial robbery Jewellery store robbery Jewellery store Jeweller 364.15520968 Robbery -- South Africa Robbery -- South Africa -- Prevention Jewelry theft --- South Africa Victims of crimes -- South Africa Violence -- South Africa -- Prevention
3	Jewellery store robbery: a victim risk and intervention perspective Zannoni, Elio 30 April 2008 (has links) The exploratory study investigated jewellery store robbery from a victim risk and intervention perspective. An explanation of the phenomenon was offered based on the information obtained from a review of the existing literature, case studies, personal observations at jewellery stores, discussions with jewellers, a scientific questionnaire submitted to jewellers, and semi-structured and structured interviews conducted with a group of knowledgeable respondents and victimised jewellers respectively. A predominantly quantitative research method was applied. The research findings obtained during the study enabled a proposal for a jewellery store robbery intervention model based on the situational crime prevention perspective, which is inclusive of decisional, environmental, situational, procedural, personnel and business-oriented strategies. / Criminology and Security Science / M.A. (Criminology) Robbery intervention model Situational crime prevention Crime opportunity Victim facilitation Victim precipitation Victim vulnerability Victim risk Robbery victimisation Commercial robbery Jewellery store robbery Jewellery store Jeweller 364.15520968 Robbery -- South Africa Robbery -- South Africa -- Prevention Jewelry theft --- South Africa Victims of crimes -- South Africa Violence -- South Africa -- Prevention

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