Dear All
In view of several robberies in our area ,the information below may be of interest . Please bear in mind however that the research was not done in Cape Town and may not reflect trends in our area .
Dr. Rudolph Zinn of the School of Criminal Justice at UNISA did Intensive research on residential robberies and attacks, and interviewed many arrested and convicted robbers.
Some of his findings are as follows:
• 8 out of 10 residential robberies are committed with help of information from maids, gardeners and former employees
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• Robbers will monitor the home for as long as two weeks
• Gangs research armed response firms' response times
• Most attacks occur between 19:00 and midnights, as people are relaxed, busy cooking or watching TV, and the security systems and beams are not activated. But robberies continue until 4:00 in the morning
• 97% of robbers are armed
• On average an armed robbery gang has four members
• 50% of residential robberies in SA take place in Gauteng
• It is a complete myth that only white people are victims of robberies - anyone displaying any form of wealth (double story homes, expensive jewellery and fancy cars) is a target
• The average age of a house robber is between 19 and 26 years
• An average of 30% of all house robbers has either committed murder, or won't hesitate to commit murder
• Only 17% of house robbers are foreigners
• Of all arrested robbers 90% had no matric or were unemployed. The 10% who has been employed, gave up their jobs when confirming that how much they could "earn" from a robbery
• The average robber commits 103 robberies over seven years before being caught
• Most attackers' homes or bases are 10 to 30 minute drive from the target address
• Women are more often tortured or hurt during house robberies
• The conviction rate for house robberies in South Africa is only 7.67. In the USA it is 53%
Robbers are not deterred by the following
• Alarms and armed reaction services
Security measures that robbers do consider as deterrents:
• Electric fences
• Detection beams
• CCTV
• Small dogs that sleep inside the house – robbers consider this to be the biggest deterrent of all.
Some of his findings are as follows:
• 8 out of 10 residential robberies are committed with help of information from maids, gardeners and former employees
...
• Robbers will monitor the home for as long as two weeks
• Gangs research armed response firms' response times
• Most attacks occur between 19:00 and midnights, as people are relaxed, busy cooking or watching TV, and the security systems and beams are not activated. But robberies continue until 4:00 in the morning
• 97% of robbers are armed
• On average an armed robbery gang has four members
• 50% of residential robberies in SA take place in Gauteng
• It is a complete myth that only white people are victims of robberies - anyone displaying any form of wealth (double story homes, expensive jewellery and fancy cars) is a target
• The average age of a house robber is between 19 and 26 years
• An average of 30% of all house robbers has either committed murder, or won't hesitate to commit murder
• Only 17% of house robbers are foreigners
• Of all arrested robbers 90% had no matric or were unemployed. The 10% who has been employed, gave up their jobs when confirming that how much they could "earn" from a robbery
• The average robber commits 103 robberies over seven years before being caught
• Most attackers' homes or bases are 10 to 30 minute drive from the target address
• Women are more often tortured or hurt during house robberies
• The conviction rate for house robberies in South Africa is only 7.67. In the USA it is 53%
Robbers are not deterred by the following
• Alarms and armed reaction services
Security measures that robbers do consider as deterrents:
• Electric fences
• Detection beams
• CCTV
• Small dogs that sleep inside the house – robbers consider this to be the biggest deterrent of all.
Kind Regards,
Milnerton CPF Sector 3 Committee
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