Heavy Business: Commercial Burglary and Robbery

by Dermot Walsh

Book Overview

Originally published in 1986. Based on interviews with men in prison, this study takes two groups of convicted criminals: men convicted of robbery, and, for comparison, a sample of men convicted for breaking into commercial premises. It focuses on how victims are chosen, the decision-making processes involved, and the characteristics of those selected and those rejected as unsuitable potential victim material. Also described are the pattern of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036713621X
• ISBN13: 9780367136215
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"