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0 pointsmaxerickson12y ago0 comments

In the US, theft and robbery are classified separately. One of the distinguishing characteristics is that robbery generally involves force or the threat of force to take something.

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jeltz12y ago

Same for in Sweden.

ZeroGravitas12y ago

Wikipedia says robbery, assault and sexual assault ("contact crimes") together made up 12% of reported crimes in 2003 Sweden. Theft related were 53%.

The article claims that in 2007 Sweden "violent crimes and robberies make up about 75 percent of all crimes reported in Sweden."

I'd say they've conflated theft and robbery in that article, possibly a translation issue, possibly fear mongering.

(edit: and this is backed up by the link to the official stats given elsewhere in the thread by Xylakant which has robbery as less than 1% of reported crimes in 2012)

vidarh12y ago

That's particularly likely given the quote where the national police chief is quoted as talking about thefts.

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