The Private Sector and Criminal Justice: An Introduction

Lister, Stuart; Hucklesby, Anthea

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-37064-8_1

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“…This is a concern for the public (Tomsen, 2018) as approximately 50% of all public violent incidents in the UK are linked to alcohol (van Amsterdam et al., 2019). Between half and three quarters of the NTE patrons have witnessed NTE violence and 10%–17% have been directly involved (Philpot et al., 2019), which creates a state of anxiety and calls for political and policing reforms (Hobbs et al., 2005; Lister, 2009; Philpot et al., 2019) and so NTE‐related violence is a key priority for the police (Burrell & Erol, 2009; Tomsen, 2018).…”

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The crime and the place: Robbery in the night‐time economy

Wüllenweber

Burrell

2023

Journal Invest Psychology

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The night‐time economy (NTE) provides many opportunities for crime as there is an abundance of potential victims who are often intoxicated and clustered in a small geographical area. Previous research on NTE violence has primarily focused on assault. However, other offences are also common, such as robbery. This study focused on NTE‐related robbery using police recorded crime data relating to 1624 personal robberies (including attempts) from West Midlands Police, UK. The data was binary coded to identify and compare offence characteristics. Robbery offences in the NTE showed unique characteristics compared to robberies unrelated to this context. In particular, there were differences in alcohol, use of violence, injuries, approach style and crime locations. The findings of the current research align with theoretical frameworks from environmental criminology (e.g. crime generators and attractors), have implications for crime prevention and investigations and can feed into developing policing strategies that take into account the background context for offending.

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