Reading Assignment #5 (Criminal Behavior Systems)

Chapter 5 (Personal and Institutional Robbery)

Points Possible: 20

Deliverable Length: 3-4 pages

Due: Saturday, September 24 by 11:55 pm

Answer any two questions (10 points each):

1.  What is the legal difference between robbery and other types of personal theft?

2.  List and discuss the various robbery syndromes according to your text.

3.  Robbery is considered to be highly situational in its commission and occurrence.  The text covers several “situational dynamics of robbery incidents.”  Do you think these dynamics are unique to robbery, or might they apply to other crimes as well?