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1 results foundAuthor: Smith, Lance Title: Service Station Armed Robbery in Australia Summary: The incidence of service station armed robbery has steadily increased over the past decade. Using the Australian Institute of Criminology's National Armed Robbery Monitoring Program (NARMP) data, this paper examines the incidence of armed robbery at service stations and profiles the offenders involved. The NARMP data shows that about one in ten armed robberies in Australia were of service stations, and that these were more likely to be targeted at night by lone offenders using knives. The most common item stolen was cash, with an average value of $643. The relative youth of the offenders — on average 23 years old — and infrequent use of firearms suggests the armed robberies involved little if any planning. This opportunistic targeting of service stations has been attributed to their extended opening hours, their sale of cigarettes and other exchangeable goods, their high volume of cash transactions and their isolation from other businesses. Widespread adoption of crime prevention measures by service stations, such as transfer trays, could help reduce their risk of being robbed, but the paper cautions that displacement effects should be considered prior to the implementation of new countermeasures. Details: Sydney: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2009. 6p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 373: Accessed December 2, 2012 at http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/8/B/3/%7B8B3D782C-2799-45FE-83DF-991B72D734D1%7Dtandi373.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/8/B/3/%7B8B3D782C-2799-45FE-83DF-991B72D734D1%7Dtandi373.pdf Shelf Number: 127107 Keywords: Armed Robbery, Service StationsCrime Prevention |