NCJ Number
28391
Journal
Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1974) Pages: 1-27
Date Published
1974
Length
27 pages
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 INDIVIDUALS' 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 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. --IN GERMAN --IN GERMAN. SEE NCJ-32524 FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION.