Who does almost no one rob old ladies then?
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Special laws. (My guess is prosecutors much more likely to push up to felony level.) e.g.https://www.wklaw.com/crimes-against-elderly-or-disabled-persons/ …
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Replying to @harpersnotes @EPoe187
Possible! Though the amounts gained by robbery are so small that it's hard to imagine punishment has a big role
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Robbers target the young because they are more available, and because many targets weak people they know already.
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Maaaybe. Burglary much more financially rewarding. Think it makes more sense to see robbery as male rivalry violence with a trophy
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A lot of male-male competition (MMC) blurs into resource competition - difficult to disentangle. Higher in MMC self-select into muggings?
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Exactly my assumption. If you want cash, burglary is lower risk and much higher reward. Mugging is about dominance, hence choice of victim
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Replying to @MWStory @harpersnotes and
A Home Office study a few years ago interviewed muggers and found that the financial rewards were minimal - their main motive was sadism.
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Replying to @AdamPerkinsPhD @MWStory and
Interesting. Most violence is unplanned, no? Suggests impulsive control problem is the main cause rather than sadism or econ gains.
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Replying to @KirkegaardEmil @AdamPerkinsPhD and
But impulse control problems because potential financial reward, right? If no possible gain, then no temptation.
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Replying to @EPoe187 @AdamPerkinsPhD and
No gain, no pain! ;)
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