In the recent months and years stories of robbery have been circulating in the newspapers and have become very problematic topic in the community. With all the fear related robberies in the community, there is a large amount of encounter between victims and offenders when there is an armed robber, and with property crime had small encounter between the victims and the offenders. This paper explores the laws of robbery in New York, some cases about armed robbery, the recent news and events that have occurred dealing with robbery, the rise in weapons, especially, fire arms.
What is robbery? According to the New York State Penal Law Code, robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take something that is valued by strength and by putting fear upon the victim. A person forcibly steals property and commits robbery when, in the path of committing larceny. He uses or threatens the use of physical force upon another person for the purpose of either preventing or overcoming confrontation to take the property or to maintain it right away after the taking it in their possession. One can also forceful take away the owner property, deliver up the property or to engage in other conduct which helps them to get commission of the larceny. Robbery is different from other forms of theft, such as car theft, burglary because it involves the use of violence. In 1934, it became a federal crime to steal from any national bank or state member bank of the Federal Reserve and soon the law expanded to include bank burglary, larceny, and similar crimes, with authority handed over to the FBI.
According to the Penal Law Code 160.00, New York State defines and divides robbery into three major categories: First Degree, Second Degree, and Third Degree. Robbe...
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...highest rate in owing firearms when it is being compared to the rest of the world. In 2011, there were 12, 664 murders in the US and 8,583 of these deaths were caused by firearms. In 2011, the top murder weapons were knives 13%, personal weapons 6%, blunt objects 4%, and firearms 68%. California had the highest gun rate crime, killing 1,790 people, while New York has 445 deaths and Pennsylvania had 470 deaths related to guns. But, firearms deaths related to death had declined from 1993 to 2011. Death rate went from 18,253 to 11,101. In 2011, non fatal gun injuries were 55,544 which had increased compared to previous year and gun aggravated assault was 138,336 which had decreased from 2004. Also, the highest rates of gun homicide were seen in young African American males between the age of 18 to 24 and nonfatal gun violence was sixty one percent from 2007 to 2011.
Issue: The defendant Richard Gordon and Strode had told Prout that they "Would take care of the automobile and see that he got it back as soon as possible." Could Richard Gordon be charged with "Armed Robbery"?
The media has come to dominate the lives of many of today’s youths. In The Great Imagination Heist, Reynolds Price expresses extreme dismay at the media’s ever-tightening grasp over the impressionable minds of adolescents. He sincerely feels that the effects of prolonged exposure to television, film, video games, and the Internet are detrimental to the development of a youth’s imagination and ability to think freely, without outside influence. The word “heist” indicates the intention to rob or steal. Price laments what he perceives to be the robbing of original, personal thought. He longs for the days when people read books freely and television was little more than a negligible aspect of our daily lives.
In a later but similar case, Choate v. The State, Choate robbed a bank with a toy pistol, pointing the pistol at the bank teller in the drive-through line of the bank. Like the starter’s pistol in Fann, a toy pistol is virtually harmless when fired. The Appeals Court found for Choate, and after referring to the precedent set forth in Fann v. State, concluded that Choate’s original conviction of armed robbery should be vacated. This is yet another Georgia robbery case that provides insight into how the court will likely reframe from convicting Burr with armed
Rosenfeld, R., & Fornado, R. (2007). The impact of economic conditions on robbery and property crime: The role of consumer sentiment. Criminology, 45, 735-769.
Guns are not the trouble, people are. The United States is #1 in world gun ownership, and yet is only 28th in the world in gun murders per 100,000 people. The number of unintentional fatalities due to firearms declined by 58 percent between 1991 and 2011 Based on these facts, one can see the guns not the causes of gun violence. moreover, civilians who get permits take gun safety courses and have criminal background...
For the past century and a half bank robbing has been a major crime throughout the world that law enforcers are trying to crack down on. During the modern world we live in now many banks have put in high tech security systems trying to stop these men from stealing all of their money. As people may imagine bank robbers have had to change their plans in order for them to get away with how they go about taking the money and having a successful getaway. Today people that want to rob a bank have to go through extreme planning to make sure they are not caught. Many of them go after hours so they stay away from potential problems that may arouse when their are others around. Back in the 1920’s that was not the case with the back robbers of that day because they did not have cameras or security systems that they have today. The first banker robber that started it all for others was a famous man by the name of Herman Lamm who robbed his first bank in 1913 (“Bio.com”). Other great bank thieves like Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, and the most famous of all John Dillinger studied and imitated the majestic still of Lamm. John Dillinger was considered the most brilliant and efficient bank robber of all-time and eventually earned the title from the FBI as Public Enemy Number One. In almost two whole years Dillinger and his men robbed a total of twenty-eight banks and took a total of 760,000 dollars which in todays world would be about ten million dollars (“Bio.com”). The FBI covered up the killing of John Dillinger because he was not only public enemy number one and a banker robber but he was a man of the people.
Violence related to guns is a prominent issue in America. Guns are a means to an end; meaning guns have played a strong role in suicides, murders, and injuries. In the past decade there has been an average of 400-500 thousand incidents of firearms per year (Gun Violence). The number of injured people from firearm incidents in the United States per year for the past decade is 400-600 thousand people (Gun Violence). These statistics are absolutely shocking to anyone. The amount of violence and crime that comes from guns is enormous. It is imperative that proper gun control is put into place by means of background checks and proper training. It can almost be certain that the number of incidents of accidental discharges from children and the number of victims affected by gun crimes in general can be highly reduced.
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More than 20,000 children and youth under the age of 20 years old are injured or killed by guns in the U.S. The easy accesses kids have to getting their hands on guns are a major reason why firearms are the second leading cause of death among the youth. The majority of deaths by guns in the youth are homicides. About one-third of them are suicides. Seven percent are unintentional. People living in urban areas such as, older teens, males, African American youth, and Hispanic youth are more likely to be involved in gun homicides. People in rural areas like males and Caucasian youth are more likely to commit suicide. There were 2,711 infant, child, and teen firearm deaths. That’s seven deaths a day.
People who do not research the owning of handguns and form their opinion off of what they see on the news are left in the dark. One of the most misunderstood concepts is that more guns cause more violence. This is false more guns do not mean more homicides. In 1973, the handgun stock was 36.9 million and the homicide rate was 9.4 per 100,000. In 1992, the handgun stock was 77.6 million but the homicide rate dropped 8.5 percent. In 1994, the U.S. bureau of justice static's made a survey that stated 100,000 lives are saved by handguns. According to criminologist Gary Kleck, guns are fired in only about 24 percent of cases in which they are used for self-defense.
Overall, we are seeing an increase in assault/battery incidents (25%) auto thefts (17%) and financial crimes (25%). For the purpose of this assignment, I will focus on auto thefts. Motor vehicle theft is a serious property crime that accounts for 10% of all property offenses reported each year (Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], 2009). Owners reported to police nearly one million stolen vehicles or one out of every 267 registered vehicles nationwide (FBI, 2009: Federal Highway Administration, 2009). Nationwide auto theft clearance rates by arrest averages 12%. (Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI],
High homicide rate can be directed link to present of guns in family household. America is known to have the highest gun possession rate in the world. Due to the Second Amendment, American have easy access to guns. Anyone can
Gun Violence is one of the United States most serious crime problems. The total cost of gun violence in the United States, including medical, criminal justice, and other government and private costs, are at least 6 to 12 billion a year (Cook, P. J. & Ludwig, J., 2000). The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) mission is to track firearms. It reported that firearms sells have risen since 2005. According to the A...
He had a revolver in his hand, but he did not point it at them.
My story started about a week ago. I was heading to bed early, because I was tired from a long day with plans to wake up a few hours before class to review for a test. As I closed my books for the evening and headed to bed around midnight, little did I know something was going on outside.