Robbery in United States
Robbery Definition
The felonious taking and carrying away of the personal property of another from his person or in his presence by violence or by putting him in fear. 2 Clark & Marshall, Crimes, 852. Robbery includes larceny (q. v.), and all the elements that are necessary to constitute larceny are also necessary. The aggravating circumstances necessary to constitute robbery, as distinguished from simple larceny, are: (1) The property must be taken from the person of another (1 Hale, P. C. 532; 39 Ga. 588) ; but property taken in the presence of the owner is, in contemplation of law, taken from his person (1 Hale, P. C. 532; 72 Iowa, 432; 84 Ga. 660). (2) The taking must not only be without his consent, but it must be accomplished either by violence or by putting him in fear. 25 Ind. 403; 106 Ga. 692; 87 Va. 257; 12 Ga. 820. See Putting in Fear.
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The felonious taking and carrying away of the personal property of another from his person or in his presence by violence or by putting him in fear. 2 Clark & Marshall, Crimes, 852. Robbery includes larceny (q. v.), and all the elements that are necessary to constitute larceny are also necessary. The aggravating circumstances necessary to constitute robbery, as distinguished from simple larceny, are: (1) The property must be taken from the person of another (1 Hale, P. C. 532; 39 Ga. 588) ; but property taken in the presence of the owner is, in contemplation of law, taken from his person (1 Hale, P. C. 532; 72 Iowa, 432; 84 Ga. 660). (2) The taking must not only be without his consent, but it must be accomplished either by violence or by putting him in fear. 25 Ind. 403; 106 Ga. 692; 87 Va. 257; 12 Ga. 820. See Putting in Fear.
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The act of taking property in the possession of another, from his or her person or immediate presence, against his or her will by force or threat of injury. An example of robbery is the act of taking a wallet from a person whom the taker has knocked out; taking a sleeping person’s watch, however, is larceny (in U.S. law). The greater the violence that accompanies the robbery, the more severe is the punishment.
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See Also
Assault and Battery; Bank Robbery; Theft.
Asportation; Larceny.
Further Reading (Books)
American Law Institute. Model Penal Code: Proposed Official Draft. Philadelphia: ALI, 1962.
Bickel, Bruce D. “Struggling with California’s Kidnapping to Commit Robbery Provision.” Hastings Law Journal 27, no. 6 (1976): 1335-1367.
Bureau of Justice Statistics. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. Washington, D.C.: USGPO, 1998.
Conklin, John E. Robbery and the Criminal Justice System. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1972.
East, Edward Hyde. Pleas of the Crown (1803), vol. 2. Reprint. London: Professional Books, 1972.
Feeney, Floyd, and Weir, Adrianne. Holdups, Muggings, and Pursesnatches. Lexington, Mass.: Heath, 1982.
Hunt, Morton. The Mugging. New York: Atheneum, 1972.
Irwin, John. The Felon. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970.
LaFave, Wayne R., and Scott, Austin W., Jr. Handbook on Criminal Law. St. Paul: West, 1972.
McClintock, F. H., and Gibson, Evelyn. Robbery in London. London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1961.
Note. “A Rationale of the Law of Aggravated Theft.” Columbia Law Review 54 (1954): 84-110.
Further Reading (Articles)
Robberies: Chip off the ol’ blocks?, Oakland Tribune; August 29, 2006; Harry Harris, STAFF WRITER
Robberies soar across the region, and banks aren’t the only target ; Stores, offices, even tanning parlors have been stung by an increase in holdups, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); January 15, 2006; T.J. Pignataro
Robbery: content revised 02/17/06.(SECTION II: Offenses Reported)(Statistical data), Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2004
Robberies Are Up, Robberies Are Down. Why Is Anyone’s Guess, ABA Banking Journal; February 1, 2005; O’Sullivan, Orla
Robbery against Service Stations and Pharmacies: Recent Trends, Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; April 1, 2002; Taylor, Natalie
Robbery, Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2011
Robberies up in ’06, but . . .: Decatur police say statistical increase last year signifies return to normal., Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL); January 5, 2007
Robberies, robberies, Northwestern Financial Review; December 6, 1997; Bengtson, Tom
Robberies Involving Area Youth On the Rise; Suspects and Victims In Charles Often Teens, The Washington Post; June 29, 2003; Michael Amon
ROBBERIES BELIEVED TO BE LINKED 4 BANKS TARGETED BY ONE MAN, POLICE THINK, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); April 25, 2004; Peter Schworm
Robberies unmask bank flaws., Business Press; May 9, 2005
Robberies jump from 21 to 40 in a year, Telegraph – Herald (Dubuque); January 18, 2008; MATTHEW RYNO
Robbery and dacoity, The New Nation (Dhaka, India); September 26, 2009
BANK ROBBERIES GET RARER, MORE VIOLENT, Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); July 7, 2003; Jason Kandel Staff Writer
ARMED ROBBERY SPREE ENDS IN ARREST, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; November 20, 2011
Bank robberies in Chicago continue record 2005 pace, Northwestern Financial Review; November 1, 2006; Wheeler, Liz
A ROBBERY `EPIDEMIC’? MADISON ON PACE TO HAVE MORE THAN 200 ARMED ROBBERIES IN ’97.(Front), The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); February 18, 1997
Reducing Violent Bank Robberies in Los Angeles, The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; January 1, 2000; Rehder, William J.
Armed robberies: Three appear in court., Lynn News/Norfolk Citizen (King’s Lynn, England); May 2, 2008
Robberies are on the rise in Duluth. Lee Gibbs knows ? she’s been held up twice., Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN); June 13, 2008
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