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Robbery And Uniform Crime Report

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Robbery occurs every day, almost every 2 minutes in the United States leaving over 300,000 people victimized. Furthermore, these robberies that take place not only affect the victims by financial loss due to stolen property, but the crime also causes a great impact on the victims according to the FBI Uniform crime Report (2013). Robbery is known as an offenders attempt to take or the taking of things that have value from individuals in public places. In addition, robbery is an action that can be done by force of threat whether verbal, physical, with the use of a weapon; the crime can also be recognized as a property crime when the offense is committed against businesses such as gas stations, banks or convenient stores as stated by authors of …show more content…

As stated earlier someone becomes a victim of robbery every minute and half which date reveals that this is a serious problem when comparing on a international, national and state level, but according to FBI UCR 2013 Reports victims of robbery has dropped a total of 8.1 percent in United states in the Midwest, West, Northeast and South. However, in Maryland alone there are over a little of 10,000 robbery victims reported. There is little to no statistics when comparing the data between the number of robbery victims on international level. Terrell add this possibly (Robberies across the country have increased however like England and Wales over the last decade according to Center for problem oriented …show more content…

These routines influence offenders to commit robbery since it bring together targets at their locations or separate targets from their locations, for example, special events, holidays and annual routines. Offenders know during the holidays individuals are carrying large sums of cash for shopping. People can become victims at special events where there is alcohol and become less aware of surroundings. There are commuting patterns of robbery where victims may have to take detours on other routes and may get lost and become a victim. Offenders’ ideal locations when committing robbery are areas where there is no guardianship. These areas lack people that can aid robbery victims, but can cause these guardians to become secondary robbery victims or lead to other crimes like murder. Offenders also like areas that provide quick escape routes from the crime scene or areas of familiarity since the offender will be aware of the routines of the victims and whether guardians or police patrol the area. The occurrence of robberies can cause a major problem of fear mainly for the victim, but also within the community the crime took place. Robbery victims feel vulnerable, not able to carry out daily routines without the fear of being robbed again, a feeling of guilt that it was their fault the crime occurred. Robbery victims feel they don’t have control and fear to lose their

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