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Author Wright, Richard, 1951- author.

Title Armed robbers in action : stickups and street culture / Richard T. Wright & Scott H. Decker ; foreword by Neal Shover
Published Boston : Northeastern University Press, [1997]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 154 pages) : 1 illustration
Series The Northeastern series in criminal behavior
Northeastern series in criminal behavior.
Contents 1. Studying Active Armed Robbers -- 2. Deciding to Commit an Armed Robbery -- 3. Choosing the Target -- 4. Committing the Offense -- 5. Preventing Armed Robbery
Summary Based on no-holds-barred interviews with active armed robbers in St. Louis, Missouri, this groundbreaking volume sheds new light on the process of committing armed robbery
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index
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Subject Robbery -- United States
Thieves -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Robbery
Thieves
Raub
Berovingen.
Daders.
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
Author Decker, Scott H., author.
LC no. 97014230
ISBN 9781555537845
1555537847