BANK ROBBERS, AN ARTICLE ON THE THEORY OF STRUCTURALLY DIFFERENTIATED CHANCES OF ACCESS - NCJRS TRANSLATION

• NCJ Number: 32524
• Author(s): V MAY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 37 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: TRANSLATION BY NELSON ROSE FROM AN ORIGINAL WORK IN GERMAN APPEARING IN MONATSSCHRIFT FUER KRIMINOLOGIE UND STRAFRECHTSREFORM, V 57, N 1 (FEBRUARY 1974), P 1-27

Annotation

STUDY OF OFFENDERS WHO ROBBED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FOCUSING ON THEIR SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS, AND DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS IN THE LIGHT OF THEORIES LINKING DEVIANT BEHAVIOR WITH THE INDIVIDUAL'S SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS.

Abstract

THE NUMBER OF ROBBERIES OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CASH REGISTERS HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY SINCE WORLD WAR II, PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST DECADE. AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE WEST GERMAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIME OF BANK ROBBERY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE FREIBURG INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS INFORMATION IN THE FALL OF 1967. THE RECORDS OF THE TRIALS FOR BANK ROBBERY HELD IN 1964, 1965, AND 1966, COVERING 297 ROBBERIES COMMITTED BY 360 OFFENDERS, FORMED THE BASIS FOR THE PROJECT. THE STUDY SHOWED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT 80 PERCENT OF THE OFFENDERS WERE OVER 21. THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN AND IMMIGRANT WORKERS INVOLVED WAS BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR CRIME IN GENERAL. THE OFFENDERS MOSTLY CAME FROM THE LOWER SOCIAL AND INCOME LEVELS AND 75 PERCENT OF THEM HAD CRIMINAL RECORDS. FOR THE ORIGINAL OF THIS DOCUMENT IN GERMAN, SEE NCJ-28391.