‘Robbery careers’: desistance attempts
Abstract
Much attention has focused on the motivation for robbery and robbery in different contexts, but an understanding of young robbery careers in an urban setting, and the pathways connected to it, have remained absent from the literature. In this paper, I give four case studies of street robbery careers highlighting key turning points and pathways into and out of street robbery and gangs. I will show how robbery, gang affiliation and participation in ‘street culture’ have implications for progression through robbery careers into other criminal activities.
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Citation
Briggs, D. (2008), "‘Robbery careers’: desistance attempts", Safer Communities, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 27-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/17578043200800027
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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