Creative Crime On Campus
posted by Dan Filler
I just discovered a humorous quirk in the way that crime is reported. As I flipped through Drexel’s federally mandated disclosure of on-campus crime, I discovered that one category is “Attempted Robbery Strong Arm (hands, feet, etc.)” This led me to wonder whether Drexel is alone in conjuring images of a strong-arm, foot-point robbery. It appears, though, that this is standard terminology. Looking at a crime coding handbook for universities, I confirmed that Drexel had simply appropriated uniform crime reporting terminology.
I’m pleased that Drexel conforms to UCR taxonomies, but I remain flummoxed by the notion of strong arm robbery by foot. Do these thieves wear toe shoes?
It all reminds me a bit of “foot powder for the head.”
September 30, 2006 at 12:02 am
Posted in: Criminal Law
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