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    in orders and checks (Federal Bureau of Investigation). For the thieves the mission was a success. There were many factors that contributed to the success of the robbery. The team had planned the robbery for a year until perfected. They went through many rehearsals. This required equipment, a plan, right people with the skills of robbery a bank, and the day of execution (History.com staff 1). Anthony Pino was the organizer of the heist, he has been a criminal his whole life. Anthony Pino later…

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    robbers often did little planning before committing a robbery, some of which were carried out within a time frame of less than twenty four hours once it had been conceived (As cited in Morrison and O’Donnell, 1987). As the literature above suggests, it is quite difficult to deter whether or not robbers are actual rational actors, however, I must argue that I do not believe robbers to rational actors. There are many cognitive aspects of robbery in which robbers display irrational decisions for…

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    Florida will convene to discuss a bill to double the maximum prison term for persons convicted of armed robbery. The FBI 's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines robbery as "the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and by putting the victim in fear."(www.fbi.gov). Aggravated robbery is a serious crime of theft, resulting in psychological and physical injuries to victims. As the…

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    know: “What makes someone put a gun to someone’s head and demand money? How do they decide to commit armed robberies? What does it feel like to participate in armed robberies? Why do they target certain people? How do they convince people to obey their commands? (p.3-4)” In previous studies on armed robberies, researchers would interview people in jail who had been arrested for committing robberies. The authors of this study took a different approach and interviewed 86 active robbers. Active…

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    Bonnie And Clyde Taboos

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    film taboos, starring Warren Beatty, as Clyde Barrow, and Faye Dunaway, as Bonnie Parker. The Film also won a bunch of awards such as the Academy Award for Best Picture and Actor(Wikipedia). Clyde Barrow, recently out of prison, has turned to bank robbery. He meets Bonnie Parker and together the two form the nucleus of a gang of bank robbers who terrorize the southwest in the 1920s. Based on the true story of a pair of notorious bank robbers. Arthur Penn won the Academy Award for Best director…

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    would be no more robberies if there was no money. Furthermore, people could only get what they need. Likewise, making money waste materials that we could utilize for important uses. Last but not least, if money is taken out we can have a fair economy. Life without money can create a world of freedom as long as we’re willing to change it. As stated earlier one reason there should be no more money is that there would be no robberies. To begin, some might ask, ‘’Why would there be no robbery?’’…

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    Kenneth Young Legal Case

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    old, tried under Florida law as an adult. Kenneth was guilty of armed robbery and he was condemned by the court judge to go to life jail. It is shocking to me to hear that children are condemned to die in prison in the United States of America mostly kids of color. Also, it is disappointing that teenagers are being punished much severer than adults. Kenneth Young received four life sentences without parole for armed robberies committed at age 14!Kenneth Young is born in Tampa, Florida and he was…

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    Essay On Kidnapping

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    The many purposes of kidnapping, primarily aggravated, include ransom demands, procuring a hostage(in a bank robbery perhaps), with intent to commit sexual crimes, robbery, murder, to terrorize the victim(perhaps a stalker or a domestic dispute), or to achieve political aims(which may fall into a terroristic act). In many foreign countries kidnapping is an often used tool to fund terrorism…

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    A man by the name of Charles Daniel came forward and confessed to the robberies. This was a relief for Manny because he was going to have to go through the process all over again, because of the mistrial. In think this is an unfortunate position to be in because things known to use now would have cleared a lot of people of…

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    If you manage to come out of a robbery safe and sound after you averted a theft, the way Blake did in scenario 2, your employer could fire you for violating company policy. In fact, your employee doesn’t need a reason to fire you if you’re an at-will employee. Employment-at-will can be…

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