| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Palgrave pivot |
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Palgrave pivot.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: What is robbery and why is it important? - Chapter 2: Offenders and Motivations -- Chapter 3: Offence Behaviours and Methods -- Chapter 4: Group Dynamics -- Chapter 5: Behavioural Crime Linkage -- Chapter 6: Profiling Robbery Offenders -- Chapter 7: Policing and Prevention -- Chapter 8: Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Robbery : The Tipping Point Between Theft and Violence" provides an overview of key research and practice relating to personal robbery in the UK. Chapters include discussions of prevalence, victim impact, and offender motivation. Exciting investigative techniques behavioural crime linkage and profiling are introduced with a particular focus on how these might be used to help apprehend robbery offenders. There is also a dedicated chapter on policing and prevention. This book provides a comprehensive, one-stop-shop for readers who want to know more about personal robbery. It will be valuable to students, academic researchers, and practitioners to gain an overview of robbery and what can be done about it. Dr. Amy Burrell has been researching in crime and policing for over 15 years and works as a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests include personal robbery, behavioural crime linkage, group offending, group decision-making, and violent crime |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 9, 2022) |
| Subject |
Robbery -- Great Britain
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Robbery -- Psychological aspects
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Thieves -- Psychology
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Robbery
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Thieves -- Psychology
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030931735 |
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3030931730 |
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