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9781551302188 Academic Inspection Copy

Force + Fear

Robbery in Canada
  • ISBN-13: 9781551302188
  • Publisher: CANADIAN SCHOLARS
    Imprint: CANADIAN SCHOLARS
  • By Frederick J. Desroches
  • Price: AUD $78.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 28/11/2002
  • Format: Paperback (231.00mm X 152.00mm) 312 pages Weight: 420g
  • Categories: Crime & criminology [JKV]Canada [1KBC]
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Eighty convicted bank robbers, the Canadian penitentiary service, and police departments across the country have all actively contributed to Desroches' quest to uncover why an individual embarks on a crime for which the proceeds are minimal, the arrest rate high and the jail sentence long. The first book of its kind, Force and Fear: Robbery in Canada examines robbery not just as a crime, but as a criminal event. The author looks at offender motivation and social background, responses to robberies by the criminal justice system, and interaction between robber and victim.
Dr. Frederick J. Desroches has worked in a mental hospital, a prison, and at the Departments of Indian Affairs and the Solicitor General in Ottawa. He currently teaches in the Sociology and Legal Studies Department at St. Jerome's University, University of Waterloo.
* Chapter 1: Robbery and the Law* Chapter 2: An Overview of Robbery* Chapter 3: The Motivation to Robbery* Chapter 4: Modus Operandi* Chapter 5: The Victims of Robbery* Chapter 6: The Police and Judicial Response to Robbery* Chapter 7: Crime Prevention and Social Policy
Robbery in Canada is theoretically-based, entertaining, and informative. This is exactly the sort of book I had wanted to supplement my criminology course." - Chris McCormick, Saint Mary's University
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