TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Getting the upper hand scripts for managing victim resistance in carjackings
JO  - Journal of research in crime and delinquency
A1  - Copes, Heith
A1  - Hochstetler, Andy
A1  - Cherbonneau, Michael
SP  - 249
EP  - 268
VL  - 49
IS  - 2
N2  - Increasing theoretical and empirical interest has turned to the process and dynamics of offender decision making and to how offenders commit discrete acts of crime. One outcome is attention to how offenders manage risks they view as significant. Here, the authors examine how carjackers script and manage victim resistance--the foremost obstacle in the accomplishment of robbery. Using semi-structured interviews with 30 carjackers, the authors explore their perspectives on the ramifications of victim resistance and their strategies to forestall and control it. The authors find that offenders are cognizant that resistance interferes with their goals and that mistakes in managing their victims not only lead to unsuccessful carjackings but also threaten their safety. Much of the scripting of criminal opportunity and the enactment of carjacking are explained, therefore, by strategies offenders use to minimize the chances that victims can resist. Discussion focuses on the implications of findings for theories of offender decision making.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4278
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427810397949
ID  - ref1
ER  -