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Starlet Bandit and Barbie Bandits, why is there an upsurge in female bank robbers?
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There's a good article here, says that female bank robberies only account for 6% of all robberies, but they are on the rise, it's just becoming more of an "equal opportunity" thing, I am sure it's because as the generations shift into one that is more accustom to equal rights for men and woman, old stereotypes will fall and one day we'll be at 50-50 robbery rate, I can't wait.
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Nationally, bank robberies by women have risen slightly from year to year since 2002, though they still now account for only about 6 percent of all bank robberies, according to FBI statistics.
Female bank robbers are unusual enough that they often earn their own monikers, from the glamorous "Starlet Bandit" who robbed a bank in California last year; the "Barbie Bandits" in Atlanta, two giggling 19-year-olds who robbed a bank in 2007; and the "Cell Phone Bandit," who struck four banks in Virginia in 2005, all while talking on her cell phone.
Robert McCrie, a professor of security management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, said it was unusual to have several female robbers in a relatively short period. "I'd call them uncommon as sole operatives," said McCrie.
He said he wouldn't be surprised if the number of female bank robbers rises, as it's a "fairly safe kind of crime to commit in terms of personal risk."
"It's now a situation where it's becoming an equal opportunity crime. There's no barrier to women being bank robbers. It's not something where you require more muscle mass."
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Nationally, bank robberies by women have risen slightly from year to year since 2002, though they still now account for only about 6 percent of all bank robberies, according to FBI statistics.
Female bank robbers are unusual enough that they often earn their own monikers, from the glamorous "Starlet Bandit" who robbed a bank in California last year; the "Barbie Bandits" in Atlanta, two giggling 19-year-olds who robbed a bank in 2007; and the "Cell Phone Bandit," who struck four banks in Virginia in 2005, all while talking on her cell phone.
Robert McCrie, a professor of security management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, said it was unusual to have several female robbers in a relatively short period. "I'd call them uncommon as sole operatives," said McCrie.
He said he wouldn't be surprised if the number of female bank robbers rises, as it's a "fairly safe kind of crime to commit in terms of personal risk."
"It's now a situation where it's becoming an equal opportunity crime. There's no barrier to women being bank robbers. It's not something where you require more muscle mass."
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