Heavy Business - Commercial Burglary and Robbery (Hardcover)

Originally published in 1986. Based on interviews with men in prison, this study takes two groups of convicted criminals: men convicted of robbery, and, for comparison, a sample of men convicted for breaking into commercial premises. It focuses on how victims are chosen, the decision-making processes involved, and the characteristics of those selected and those rejected as unsuitable potential victim material. Also described are the pattern of the crime (time, place, gain), and the ways in which people become involved in it. Allowing several convicted robbers describe in their own way why they did it and what they thought and felt about it, Dermot Walsh presents a disquieting picture, in which robbery appears to be an attractive proposition to several different groups of men, facing quite different circumstances, and for different reasons.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Criminology
Release date:	March 2019
First published:	1986
Authors:	Dermot Walsh
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	198
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-13534-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Criminal or forensic psychology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
LSN:	0-367-13534-5
Barcode:	9780367135348

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