Patterns of Force, Sequences of Resistance: Revisiting Luckenbill with Robberies Caught on Camera

Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard; Thomas Daniël De Vries; Wim Bernasco

doi:10.1080/01639625.2017.1407100

Patterns of Force, Sequences of Resistance: Revisiting Luckenbill with Robberies Caught on Camera

Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard, Thomas Daniël De Vries, Wim Bernasco

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Abstract

Robberies are improvised encounters involving offender threat, sometimes force, and often victim resistance. While the association between threat, force, and resistance in robberies is well-established, sequential patterns are disputed due to biases of retrospective studies. To overcome these biases, we draw on CCTV camera recordings of 49 store robberies. Tentative findings suggest that lethal threat reduces victim resistance and thereby offender violence, except in robberies where offenders depend on victims in accessing the valuables. In those robberies, lethal threat increases the likelihood of victim resistance despite having no effect on offender violence. By providing more reliable and detailed accounts of real-life behavior during robberies, our analysis illustrates the potential of a newly emergent field of studies of crimes caught on camera.

Original language	English
Journal	Deviant Behavior
Volume	39
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	421-436
ISSN	0163-9625
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2017.1407100
Publication status	Published - 3 Apr 2018

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