Inter-American Security Observatory

Robbery (ICCS 0401)

“ROBBERY” is defined as “Unlawfully taking or obtaining property with the use of force or threat of force against a person with intent to permanently or temporarily withhold it from a person or organization”.
INCLUSIONS: Theft with violence; banditry; dacoity. Apply to Robbery from the person (04011): street robbery, mugging, bag-snatching with force; robbery from the person in a private location (040112); Robbery of valuables or goods in transit (04012): robbery of a car or vehicle in transit from the person operating the vehicle or its passengers (040121), or of valuables or goods in transit; Robbery of an establishment or institution (04013); Robbery of livestock (04014); Other acts against property involving the use of force or threat of force against a person (0409).
EXCLUSIONS: Burglary (0501); Theft (0502), and other acts only against property (05) without the use of force or threat of force against a person, as pick pocketing; assaults and threats (0201); possession of stolen goods or money (07049); receiving, handling, disposing, selling or trafficking stolen goods (07049); using stolen parts for producing other goods: car-rebirthing (07049); concealment of stolen goods (0704); property damage (0504); kidnapping (02022); extortion or demanding a particular course of action through a written or verbal threat (02051).

[Source: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, p.54-56 Web: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/ICCS/ICCS_English_2016_web.pdf]
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