Armed Robbery

Roger Matthews (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

172 Seiten

2002
Willan Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-903240-61-8 (ISBN)

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Despite the significance of armed robbery in the criminal justice system, the media and in the public mind there has been little systematic research or writing on the subject beyond the popular accounts. In both the USA and the UK there remains a large gap in the literature on the subject, which this book aims to fill. It provides a comprehensive account of armed robbery, based on extensive research with 350 armed robbers in prison, and on work with two police armed response units Despite the significance of armed robbery in the criminal justice system, the media and in the public mind there has been little systematic research or writing on the subject beyond the popular accounts – from the Metropolitan and South Yorkshire Police. This is the book on the subject.

Roger Matthews is Professor of Criminology, Middlesex University and a leading authority in this field. He has written extensively in the criminology field, his recent publications including Doing Time (Macmillan 1999) and Imprisonment (Dartmouth, 1999).

1. Methodology, Data and Sources 2. The Motivation of Armed Robbers 3. Doing the Business 4. Weapon Use In Robbery 5. Victims of Robbery 6. Policing Armed Robbery 7. The Demise of Armed Robbery?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2002
Reihe/Serie	Crime and Society Series
Verlagsort	Cullompton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	456 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-903240-61-1 / 1903240611
ISBN-13	978-1-903240-61-8 / 9781903240618
Zustand	Neuware