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bank robbery  

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  • It is important to examine highly specific types of crime, because each type has a unique criminal opportunity structure. Thus robbery is a general category of crime that includes several distinct variants; for instance, robbery occurs on streets, at post offices, at fast-food restaurants, and near automated teller machines. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Bank and Cash-in-Transit Robbery]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/bank_robbery

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