PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF ROBBERY, V 5 - THE HISTORY AND CONCEPT OF ROBBERY

• NCJ Number: 11768
• Author(s): C VANCOURT
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 208 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-70-029
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of California, Davis
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW OF ROBBERY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, THE CONCEPT OF ROBBERY, AND A PROPOSAL OF A NEW CONCEPT FOR ROBBERY.

Abstract

THE HISTORY OF THE LAW OF ROBBERY IS TRACED FROM ITS EARLY BEGINNINGS THROUGH ITS PRESENT STATUS. TWO MAJOR TRENDS IN ITS DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLAND WERE DISCUSSED. THESE TRENDS WERE THE EXTENSION OF ROBBERY TO COVER NOT ONLY VIOLENT ASSAULT BUT ALSO FORMS OF PARTICULARLY AGGRAVATED LARCENY AND THE ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME. IN A SECTION DEALING WITH THE CONCEPT OF ROBBERY DEFINITIONAL QUESTIONS, THE RELATIONSHIP OF ROBBERY TO OTHER CRIMES, AND THE PLACE OF ROBBERY IN THE STATUTORY SCHEME ARE COVERED. THE DOCUMENT CONCLUDES WITH A PROPOSAL OF A NEW CONCEPT FOR ROBBERY WITH THE EMPHASIS OF ROBBERY BEING CHANGED FROM A COMBINATION OF ASSAULT AND LARCENY TO A CATEGORY PRIMARILY OF PROTECTION OF THE PERSON FROM ACQUISITIVE ASSAULTS AND SECONDARILY OF THEFT. THIS IS VOLUME FIVE OF A FIVE VOLUME STUDY MADE POSSIBLE BY GRANTS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION. FOR THE COMPANION VOLUMES SEE NCJ-011764 THROUGH NCJ-011767.