Researching Appointment Robbery: Voices from the Street

Author

Arthur Gregory Vasquez

Graduation Semester and Year

2022

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Public and Urban Administration

Department

Public Administration

First Advisor

Alejandro Rodriguez

Abstract

This dissertation is composed of three papers that will examine three topics related to the main research project of examining whether or not CPTED strategies have an effect on the decision to participate in appointment robbery. The first paper examines the difficulties in gaining access with the hard-to-reach population of active offenders. The second paper will provide examples of ethical dilemmas that the qualitative researcher faced while in the field. The third paper will explore whether or not criminals were deterred from deciding to engage in criminal activity due to an implementation of a CPTED strategy. These three papers together will help illustrate the stages in an in-depth qualitative research project.

Keywords

Qualitative, Gaining access, CPTED, Robbery, Ethical dilemmas

Disciplines

Public Affairs | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Vasquez, Arthur Gregory, "Researching Appointment Robbery: Voices from the Street" (2022). Public Affairs Dissertations. 221.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/publicaffairs_dissertations/221