Section 10 Flashcards
Third most traumatic crime for the victim.
Robbery
Is there a difference between burglary, theft, and robbery?
yes
Can get robbed. almost always a burglary gone bad.
Private residences
If you try to burgle a house and the owner wakes up and confronts me and they pull a knife and say I am here to take stuff and it turns into a what?
robbery
A lot of robbers will try to figure out where _____ live and what their routine is and rob them and leave. Attractive targets because they cannot defend themselves because they have money and rich jewelry.
elderly
We do not ___ people we know. We might _____ people we know with the intent that they will not catch me. If we ___ someone, we know they will easily be able to identify us to the police.
rob
burgle
rob
Commonly there are __ or more offenders in robbery because there is strength in numbers.
2
Example, if you have one person pop out in front of the victim and another behind the victim to prevent them from running away. True or False
Two or more people True
Close to where they live is where they commit robberies. Why?
they do not travel far from where they live
If you have a robber and want to look at the suspect pool and you know where the other robberies are, you can use crime mapping to figure out where he might live and work. Why?
Offender does not travel far
They are not drawn-out affairs unless something went wrong. Get in, get out. Be quick when _______.
robbing
Very rarely any contact. Example, bank robbery you go in and put up a note give me money and i have a bomb. Because of this there is what?
less physical evidence
People love to commit robberies against people who have a tough time defending themselves. This makes _____ victims targets.
older
Incredibly rare and when they do happen, they are most often burglaries gone wrong.
residential
There are some robberies of a house, for example a drug house. True or False
True
Residential robbery?
Rare
Most frequent type of work related homicide.
commercial
When people are murdered at work odds are it was a robbery gone bad. This is the most frequent type of what?
work related homicide
Example, working at Blockbuster and one of the fears is going to take the money to the bank at the beginning or end of the day. Not a lot of people around and eaiser to be whar?
robbed
- Most frequent type of work related homicide
2. most common at opening and closing
Commercial robbery
Example, someone walks up to you and says “give me all your money” and they have a gun. These usually require ____ and _____.
surprise and speed
One of the benefits is a witness statement. The less amount of time a witness is looking at you the worse their description is going to be. The longer we have a conversation the more the victim is going to remember. This means there is a need for _____ and ______.
surprise and speed
Not planned. You go out to commit a robbery and you are walking and see someone and the lights are not good and no one is around. This is a what?
crime of opportunity
Speed and surprise
crime of opportunity
Street robbery
Big target is taxi cab drivers.
vehicle robberies
Cash heavy business and they flag them down and get in and rob the taxi or as a taxi stopped at a light someone would walk up and rob them.
vehicle robbery
Robbing of your car.
carjacking
These can happen at stoplights and all over the place. Either walk up to a car and break a window or open the door, threaten the driver, and tell them to get out of the car and the criminal gets in and drives away.
carjacking
Taxi drivers
Carjacking
vehicle robberies
Robber comes along and takes someone’s cell phone or purse and runs away.
apple picking
The quickest form of robbery
apple picking
This is where the robber pretends to sell something or pretends to buy something and they agree to meet to buy or sell the thing and when they get there they rob the other person of either their money or stealing the product.
Robbery by appointment
Famous form of robbery
Bank robbery
One of the first big bank robbers
John Dillinger
One time a reporter asked him “why do you rob banks?” he replied that is where the money is. Who?
John Dillinger
What was not common until the turn of the 20th century?
bank robbery
Right around the depression the federal government passed a law for what?
deposit insurance
The federal government guaranteed that no matter what happens to the bank up to 100,000 dollars will be given to you. What does this refer to?
FDIC
AS soon as the FDIC law passed the federal government had jurisdiction over all?
bank robberies
One of the defensive mechanisms they must prevent bank robberies or to help catch the bad guy afterwards is what?
Bait money
Cash that is kept in the till that the teller never touches. The monies serial numbers have been recorded.
bait money
Famous airline case where a guy has a note that says i have a bomb give me $200,000 dollars in cash and a parachute. in exchange for the release of the people. The police gave him the money with recorded serial numbers and he keeps two pilots and a flight attendant and they fly the plane slow and low and he jumps and no one has heard from his again. A few bills found in the woods. Who was this?
DB Cooper
They took like a pack of bills, but it is hollow, and, on the inside, they have a bunch of dye and a proximity sensor. What is this?
Dye pack
Most banks have video cameras and that is good the problem is that
crappy video
Easy victim pool for robberies is where?
ATM robbers
I go to the ATM to get cash. If i rob someone who has just left the ATM i can guarantee that they have cash. Most ATM have cameras, but they only point one direction, so they are relatively useless. True or False
True
Elements of the crime for robbery:
1.
2.
3.
- Wrongful taking of personal property
- From a person or in the presence of a person
- Against the person’s will by fore or threat of force
- Wrongful taking of personal property
- From a person or in the presence of a person
- Against the person’s will by fore or threat of force
Elements of the crime for robbery
How many degrees of robbery can there be?
3
In different states there could be one degree of robbery where all robber is ____ _____.
the same
Two degrees of robbery that are usually ______ and _______.
simple and aggravated
Three degrees of robbery is with _____ and ______ with the use of a ___ _____.
simple
aggravated
deadly weapon
In some states for robbery you do not have to use a deadly weapon, if a reasonable person thought you might be using a weapon. True or false
true
Example, BB Gun that can count as a deadly weapon if it is made to look like a real gun. If i just put my finger in my pocket and say give me your money if a reasonable person believed that was a deadly weapon that could be tried as the aggravated version. true or False
True
That person must take something from you. Something of value was taken from you wrongly.
1st element of the crime for robbery
Wrongful taking of personal property
I could pull a gun and take this phone on the table, but i am not taking it directly that is still robbery because why?
from a person or in the presence of a person
2nd element of the crime for robbery
Force does not actually have to be used you just have to threaten force. Example, point a gun, point a knife, use a baseball bat. If i threaten to use force against you that is what?
robbery
3rd element of the crime for robbery
