ABSTRACT
The ‘typical’ employed robber then tends to work at short-term jobs, commonly in the building and construction industry. Eighty-three per cent of all had been involved in other crimes apart from robbery, and the offence scatter was very wide. Robbery was seen by many as the easiest way to get money, without fences or grasses. There was, however, a lot of socializing with robbers by robbers prior to the offence, and planners had significantly more contact with them socially than opportunists. Apparently relatively few people want to or are successful in keeping secret about robbery and at least a comparable number have more than five people ‘supporting’ their actions. Slightly more admitted to being proud of being a robber. Quite a large number of people, too, made no real distinction between burglary and robbery. Apparently unplanned robberies tend more frequently to involve teams composed of relatives and close friends, whereas planned robberies more commonly involve acquaintances and ‘recommended’ people.
