NCJ Number
9806
Date Published
1973
Length
81 pages
Annotation
TRENDS IN ARMED ROBBERY OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AND PATTERNS OF ARMED ROBBERY REPORTED TO THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DURING A TWO-AND-ONE-HALF MONTH PERIOD.
Abstract
ARMED ROBBERY INCREASED 374 PERCENT OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, A MUCH FASTER RATE OF INCREASE THAN WAS EXPERIENCED BY THE POPULATION. ARMED ROBBERY TENDS TO BE A SEASONAL CRIME, THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF EACH YEAR EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY EXPERIENCED HIGHER INCIDENCES OF ARMED ROBBERY THAN DID THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. ANALYSIS OF THE PATTERNS OF ARMED ROBBERY INDICATED THAT MOST ARMED ROBBERIES OCCURRED DURING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SWING SHIFT (70 PERCENT), OCCURRED BETWEEN 5 PM AND 12 AM (74 PERCENT), OCCURRED AT CONVENIENCE FOOD STORES, COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND ON THE HIGHWAY (86 PERCENT), WERE COMMITTED BY LONE OFFENDERS (65 PERCENT), AND INVOLVED EXTENSIVE USE OF FIREARMS (74 PERCENT). APPENDED MATERIAL INCLUDES GUIDELINES FOR PRELIMINARY PLANNING AND DATA COLLECTION METHODS RELATED TO STATISTICAL INVESTIGATION, AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TECHNICAL REPORTS AND WORKING PAPERS PUBLISHED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. (AUTHOR (ABSTRACT MODIFIED)