content/crimes/robbery.yml
caveats:
- heading: How these crimes are counted
text: Robbery involves taking or trying to take something of value from a victim by force or threat of force. Law enforcement agencies should classify cases involving a pretend or concealed weapon as robbery and report the alleged weapon. Because assault is an element of the crime, agencies should not report a separate assault offense as long as the offender committed the assault to commit the robbery. However, if the injury results in death, law enforcement must also report a homicide.
- heading: Avoid rankings or comparisons
text: Since crime is a sociological phenomenon influenced by a variety of factors, the FBI [discourages ranking locations or making comparisons](https://ucr.fbi.gov/ucr-statistics-their-proper-use) as a way of measuring law enforcement effectiveness. Some of this data may not be comparable to previous years because of differing levels of participation over time.
- heading: Victim’s relationship to offender
text: Until 2016, the FBI recorded all same-sex couples as acquaintances under the “Homosexual Relationship” label. This category is no longer in use. After same-sex marriage was [upheld as a constitutional right in 2015](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf), the FBI started collecting data about crimes against same-sex partners as “Spouse” (if married) or “Boyfriend or Girlfriend” (if not married).
- heading: Data considerations
text: |
The data found on the Crime Data Explorer represents reported crime, and is not an exhaustive report of all crime that occurs. It’s important to consider the various factors that lead to crime activity and crime reporting in a community before interpreting the data. Without these considerations the available data can be deceiving. Factors to consider include population size and density, economic conditions, employment rates, prosecutorial, judicial, and correctional policies, administrative and investigative emphases of law enforcement, citizens’ attitudes toward crime and policing, and the effective strength of the police force.
links:
- url: https://ucr.fbi.gov/ucr-publications
text: "FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting Publications"
- url: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=313
text: "Bureau of Justice Statistics: Robbery"
- url: https://bankrobbers.fbi.gov/
text: "FBI: Wanted Bank Robbers"
- url: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=3878
text: "Patterns of Robbery and Burglary in 9 States, 1984-88"