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The current paper addresses the mobility and willingness to travel of robbery offenders. A five-sector robbery typology was constructed, consisting of: personal robbery, commercial robbery, carjacking robbery, home-invasion robbery, and robbery by sudden snatching. Defining mobility as the straight-line distance between the offender's home residence and the location of the robbery offense, the extent of criminal mobility for each type of robbery offense was analyzed. Using geographical information system (GIS) technologies and, more specifically, geocoding software programs, the latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates of the offender's home and offense's location was determined. It was found that a subset of robbery offenders exhibit relatively high mobility across all five robbery types. However, distinct mobility patterns also emerged between the different types of robbery offenses. Policy and research implications from these findings are discussed.

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Text in English / The goals of this research were to explore, describe and explain the crime of associated robbery, which at the time of this study, was a scientifically unknown phenomenon. Associated robbery is defined as “a bank-related robbery (by association) of cash or attempt thereto, committed against a bank client or his/her delegate, at any stage while en-route to or from a bank branch, ATM or cash centre or inside the branch to effect a deposit, or, withdrawal” (SABRIC 2013:4) This robbery is divided into two main categories, namely robbery before cash deposit and robbery after cash withdrawal. As found in literature and also evident in the findings of this study, more incidents and related cash losses are reported from robbery after withdrawal, which is sub-divided into muti scam, money bomb and spiked drink. This study followed an exploratory, sequential, mixed-method research approach where the qualitative phase took place first – followed by the quantitative phase. The topic was firstly explored by collecting qualitative data via in-depth, one-on-one interviews (from a phenomenological point of view) where mutual meaning was sought, as understood by victims of associated robbery. To gather quantitative data, 500 bank clients (i.e. individuals, small business owners and stokvel/saving club members) completed a survey questionnaire. Their perspective on the phenomenon of associated robbery was thus explained and described through the use of descriptive statistics, particularly univariate and bivariate statistical analysis. The most significant contribution made by this study, is embedment of the preventative measures used by the banking industry and other stakeholders such as the SAPS into the Situational Crime Prevention (SCP) and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles approaches. This model is heavily grounded on 12 SCP strategies, namely: access control; deflecting offenders; controlling facilitation; entry/exist screening; formal surveillance; surveillance by employees; natural surveillance; target removal; reducing temptation; rule setting; stimulating conscience; and facilitating compliance. Furthermore, the model emphasises that the combating of associated robberies is a collaborative effort and thus the individual (bank client), the banking industry, the criminal justice system (CJS) and the general public all have to work together in fighting this endemic. The lack of knowledge mainly from a victim’s perspective was identified as one of the challenges faced. However, this presented an opportunity for this study to make a significant contribution to the development of scientific literature. Moreover, the use of opportunity theories to explain the reasons why individuals are victimised placed the phenomenon in the criminological research milieu – thus pioneering a way for researchers who may wish to conduct future research on the same topic. / Criminology and Security Science / D. Litt. et Phil. (Criminology)

Der mit Verfassungsrang ausgestattete Schuldgrundsatz als Voraussetzung der Bestrafung ist eine der zentralen Systemkategorien des Strafrechts. Anders als ein Erfolgsstrafrecht verlangt das Schuldstrafrecht nach einem "Andershandelnkönnen" des Täters als Vorbedingung der Zuschreibung von Verantwortlichkeit. Die dabei vorausgesetzte Anlage des Menschen zu Selbstbestimmung und ethischer Einsicht gehört elementar zum Menschenbild, das der Rechtsordnung des Grundgesetzes mit seiner Betonung von Wert und Würde des Einzelnen zu Grunde liegt. Als Ausgangspunkt der Betrachtung werden in der vorliegenden Arbeit Befunde über von Jugendlichen und Heranwachsenden begangene Straßenraubdelikte zusammengetragen, wobei diese Perspektive innerhalb eines wissenssoziologischen Bezugsrahmens auf die Lebenssituation junger Menschen in den aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhängen, die Deutungen von abweichendem Verhalten, Gewalt und Kriminalität und schließlich die Wirkungsweise des Strafrechts erweitert wird. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird zu den rechtsdogmatischen Schuldkonzepten Stellung bezogen. Dabei wird die Abhängigkeit des Rechts von gesellschaftlichen Werten herausgearbeitet und eine aktive Rolle der Strafrechtswissenschaft im Prozess der gesellschaftlichen Verständigung über Werte eingefordert. In diesem Verständnis von Schuld im Sinne eines "Wertkonzepts" wird auf eine gegenüber Strafzweckerwägungen und kriminalpolitischen Überlegungen eigenständige Fundierung des Schuldprinzips bestanden, und es werden generalisierende Betrachtungen zur Vorwerfbarkeit abgelehnt. Ausgehend von den Überlegungen zum Schuldgrundsatz wird schließlich kritisch auf moderne kriminalpolitische Konzepte eingegangen, die sich zunehmend in den Bereich des Ordnungsrechts verlagern und auf diese Weise die spezifisch strafrechtlichen Verfassungsgewährleistungen umgehen. / The requirement of guilt as a prerequisite for punishment is both a constitutional principle and one of the central categories of penal law. Contrary to criminal law systems that focus on the outcome of a criminal wrongdoing, a criminal law system that requires the personal guilt of the offender before imposing criminal liability considers whether the offender has the capability and possibility to act legally in a certain situation. Based on this premise, the ability to self-determine one's actions and to conform them to ethical standards is a fundamental component of the image of human kind, which constitutes the basis of the German Basic Law that emphasizes the value and dignity of every single human being. The thesis begins with a report on street robberies committed by young offenders. It then expands to an analysis of the living situation of young people in modern society and interpretations of delinquent behavior, specifically violence and crime and the effect of legislative reactions to crime within a theoretical frame of the sociology of knowledge. Proceeding from this, the author next discusses the different dogmatic concepts of guilt. He shows that law depends on social values and contends that criminology plays an active role in the process of forming an understanding of values within society. Understanding guilt as an ethical concept, the author claims a foundation of the principle of guilt independent from the purpose of punishment and criminological policies. He rejects generalized approaches to the concept of guilt. Finally, he analytically discusses modern concepts of criminological policy that are increasingly shifting into regulatory law, thereby circumventing constitutional guarantees that are specifically related to criminal proceedings.

The research attempts to review the significance of personal description in the investigation of armed robbery cases in the Paarl policing cluster and to explore the value of identifying armed robbery suspects. The purposes of conducting this research were to evaluate the existing procedures that investigators use regarding personal description of armed robbery suspects with the intention of determining its strengths and weaknesses as well as by looking at how this procedure can be improved. Also, this research explored how investigators utilised the personal description as a technique in identifying the armed robbery suspects internationally, thereby establishing the best practices. Moreover, to recommend new procedures in obtaining a personal description of armed robbery suspects. Furthermore, to empower the South African investigators and other investigators in terms of how personal description can be recorded accurately in the case dockets and be effectively used in tracing the suspects of armed robbery cases. / Criminology and Security Science / M.A. (Criminal Justice)

It was the objective of this research to determine how physical surveillance can be utilised in combating robberies, to find out whether city police utilise physical surveillance as an investigation tool in combating robberies, as well as to assess the value of such surveillance in criminal investigations. To achieve such aims and objectives, the researcher has collected data from interviews with participants, published books, internet sources, journals, newspapers, previous researches and crime statistics. The researcher interviewed the crime suppression officers from WCPS who are dealing with investigations and physical surveillance operations, by using a semi-structured-interviews. The researcher has also employed a qualitative approach and collected a sample by using a simple random sampling method. The study has indeed determined that crime suppression members and investigators are ignoring the use of physical surveillance when robberies have been committed. The research has also revealed that the officers also lack the necessary training and expertise on how to employ surveillance during their investigation and recommendation are made at the end of the research, for such training to be offered to them regularly. / Criminology and Security Science / M.A. (Criminal Justice)

Criminal thinking or attitudes constitute a concept that has received considerable research attention in foreign countries especially because of its proven relationship to antisocial behavior and potential for changing it through elimination of these attitudes (e.g. Blud et al., 2003; Henning & Frueh, 1996; Walters, 2005c). Nevertheless criminal thinking still remains almost undescribed in the Czech Republic. The present work is investigating criminal thinking on a sample of 202 offenders currently imprisoned for robbery or burglary. The primary method used was the Czech version of American self-report inventory titled "Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles". The Czech version was developed in the Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention (Blatníková, Faridová, & Zeman, manuscript in preparation). This thesis was implemented under auspices of the Institute. The data suggest specifically highlighted sentimental style of thinking in our research sample. Positive correlation between intensity of criminal thinking and serious criminal history was demonstrated as well as the decline of intensity with increasing age and educational attainment. The strengths and weaknesses of our research, experiences with method, its possible applications and numerous suggestions for follow-up...

The purpose of the study was to examine how Sweden’s two biggest tabloids, Aftonbladet and Expressen, frame spectacular crime and specifically how they covered the Helicopter robbery that occurred in 2009. We identified three main participants in the story, the police, the culprits and the victims. We examined how much and what kind of space the identified participants were given and how the two newspapers constructed the participants in a dramaturgic sense.   Using a quantitative content analysis method we found that the time period included 433 articles in both newspapers. From the original articles, we picked and examined 19 articles with a qualitative content analysis method and also used framing theory in order to be able to examine how the participants were portrayed in Aftonbladet and Expressen.   The culprits were given far most space in both Aftonbladet and Expressen. The study show that the police was given second most space and that the victims were hardly ever written about at all, in contrast to recent studies showing that victims of crime often are depicted as the main character in articles regarding crime. The results also show that the story as a whole carried a lot of resemblance to the classic Hollywood movie plot. The police were portrayed as incompetent, creating a conflict within the justice system community. The culprits were portrayed as the protagonist of the story with highly competent features, whilst the victims were portrayed as scared and helpless.

Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2016-06-13T13:13:23Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Luana Maria Somavilla_.pdf: 322144 bytes, checksum: 1f6261dbc2e96ed200ea5673c83ab595 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-13T13:13:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luana Maria Somavilla_.pdf: 322144 bytes, checksum: 1f6261dbc2e96ed200ea5673c83ab595 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-25 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Os elevados índices de criminalidade que resultam em mortes existentes no Brasil e, principalmente no Rio Grande do Sul, resultam prejuízos econômicos e sociais tais como insegurança, custos elevados e perda de legitimidade do poder público. Nesta pesquisa, a teoria econômica do crime, com ênfase para os estudos de Becker (1968) foi basilar para compreender os fatores determinantes do crime de latrocínios sob a ótica econométrica. Logo, a presente dissertação tem por objetivo analisar os fatores determinantes do crime de latrocínios na região metropolitana de Porto Alegre de 2000 a 2015. Para isso, utilizou-se o modelo de dados em painel. Os resultados obtidos para o variável dependente latrocínio, no período analisado apontam correlação positiva com os fatores: mulheres responsáveis pelo domicílio e a taxa de abandono escolar dos 18 aos 24 anos. Ademais, com sinal negativo o resultado para produto interno bruto, a taxa de ocupação (pessoas economicamente ativas), a taxa de analfabetismo e, de maneira inesperada a taxa de trabalho infantil dos 10 aos 15 anos. A contribuição principal desta dissertação é identificar dos fatores que influenciam o crime de latrocínio na RMPA, mostrando que é possível e importante localizar tais indicadores espacialmente para que diretrizes em políticas públicas de combate a violência sejam elaboradas e focadas nas áreas geográficas e no público alvo específicos, visando garantir a eficácia de seus resultados / High crime rates that result in deaths existing in Brazil and especially in Rio Grande do Sul, resulting economic and social losses such as insecurity, high costs and loss of legitimacy of the government. In this research, the economic theory of crime, with emphasis on the Becker study (1968) was fundamental to understand the determinants of robberies crime under econometric perspective. Thus, this thesis is to analyze the determinants of robberies of crime in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre from 2000 to 2015. For this, we used the panel data model. The results for the dependent variable larceny in positive correlation point period analyzed the factors: women heads of household and the dropout rate from 18 to 24 years. Moreover, with a negative sign the result to gross domestic product, the occupancy rate (economically active population), the illiteracy rate and unexpectedly the child labor rate of 10 to 15 years. The main contribution of this work is to identify the factors that influence the robbery crime in MAPA, showing that it is possible and important to locate such indicators spatially so that guidelines for public policies to combat violence are defined and focused on geographical areas and specific target audience in order to ensure the effectiveness of their results..