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British Journal of Criminology 2006 46(1):1-15; doi:10.1093/bjc/azi055
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The British Journal of Criminology 46:1-15 (2006)
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The Foreground Dynamics of Street Robbery in Britain

Richard Wright, Fiona Brookman and Trevor Bennett*

* Curators’ Professor Richard Wright, University of Missouri–St Louis, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St Louis, Missouri 63121, USA, surfer{at}umsl.edu. Dr Fiona Brookman, Principal Lecturer, Centre for Criminology, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK; Professor Trevor Bennett, Director, Centre for Criminology, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK. The findings reported in this paper derive from research funded by an ESRC research grant (Award Number: RES-000-22–0398).

Research into the situational dynamics of street robbery in the United States has identified a commitment to street culture, and participation in the self-indulgent activities promoted by that culture, as primary etiological mechanisms operating in the phenomenological foreground of such offences. Little research, however, has been undertaken on the extent to which British street robberies evolve out of similar cultural dynamics. This paper, based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 27 offenders serving sentences for robbery in England or Wales, explores the cultural values and pursuits that mediate their crimes. Our aim is to understand the socio-cultural context in which British street robbers contemplate and carry out their offences.


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