"Weapon Use in Robbery," in James Inciardi and Ann Pottieger (eds.) Violent Crime.
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1978, Chapter 5, 61-73.
The use of weapons is an important analytic focus upon crime, both for criminologists interested in the pattern
and practice of weapon use and for policy makers concerned with reducing the frequency with which lethal
weapons are deployed and employed. They are interested in the extent to which weapons are criminogenic
(their availability causes or increases crime) and criminotropic (their availability changes or redirects criminal
activity). Answers to these questions would point to some probable effects of reducing the use of certain
weapons, either by constricting the supply available for potential offenders or by raising the cost of employing
them. This paper investigates these questions, reviewing data on the use of weapons in both personal and
commercial robberies in the United States. The extent to which the availability of weapons is criminotropic–
affects the strategies employed by criminals–is explored.
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1978, Chapter 5, 61-73.
The use of weapons is an important analytic focus upon crime, both for criminologists interested in the pattern
and practice of weapon use and for policy makers concerned with reducing the frequency with which lethal
weapons are deployed and employed. They are interested in the extent to which weapons are criminogenic
(their availability causes or increases crime) and criminotropic (their availability changes or redirects criminal
activity). Answers to these questions would point to some probable effects of reducing the use of certain
weapons, either by constricting the supply available for potential offenders or by raising the cost of employing
them. This paper investigates these questions, reviewing data on the use of weapons in both personal and
commercial robberies in the United States. The extent to which the availability of weapons is criminotropic–
affects the strategies employed by criminals–is explored.
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