Train robbery

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…

individuals lifestyle is at risk, it can be quite influential on an individual subjective value in which they assign to risk and rewards. For example, Jacobs and Wright (1999) noted that one of the primary motivations for offenders to take part in street robbery were to keep up with appearances. According to Jacobs and Wright (1999), “The open ended pursuit of sensory stimulation was but one way these offenders enacted the imperatives of street culture. No less important was the fetishized…

As one interacts with numerous people on a daily basis, especially is their neighborhood is filled with criminalistics activity, they will learn these behaviors as they get older with the assistance of those around them. These criminal behaviors also occur most in personal groups. For instance, if a child is raised in a home where the parents are continuously doing drugs, they will most likely view this behavior as something that is advantageous towards them. Young criminals often learn from…

The story starts form Kolathur gold heist case. How to rob a jewellery store? Robbers usually find some new ways to rob but here this group of men had decided to do it in movie style while robbing, a jewellery shop story in Kolathur. The robbers rented the first floor of Mahalakshmi jewellery in Kolathur. The men from north India and the owner of the place had not taken any details from them. They had told that they would be opening a shop there soon. But what they were really doing was to…

Robbery generally can consist of taking with the intention to steal personal property belonging of another person, from his or her person or in their presence; against a persons will; by an act of violence, threat of force or intimidation while carrying a dangerous weapon. Basically, robbery is theft accomplished by violence or the threat of violence with a weapon. Since this element of force sits at the core of robbery, the most commonly asked question in a robberys examination alarms the time…

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…

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…

The impact of crime on people’s lives takes many forms (Haigh, 2006). Burglary is a crime which has evolved drastically over time, but in all its forms it has always reflected the significance of breaking into a building, or part thereof, and the damage that it can cause to both people and property. Policymakers have long sought to use law to shape the physical environment to reduce crime (Anderson, MacDonald, Bluthenthal, & Ashwood, 2013). Such efforts date at least as far back as the…

easy target only to find out that their probable victim is not helpless as he seems to be. The blind man has strong senses and villainous secrets. However, upon knowing this revelation. Rocky still has not backed down and still want to pursue the robbery. This results to the…

Before becoming a mayor, Jean Valjean was a thief, he was convicted of stealing bread for his sisters starving children. After being caught, Valjean was given five years in prison, he elongated his sentence by trying to escape three times which added 14 years to his jail time. After Jean Valjean got out of prison he decided to be a better man. Valjean had a life-changing encounter with a bishop, he chose to become a man of God instead of the crook he used to be. Valjean becomes the mayor of a…