There is public concern about the violent nature of crime in South Africa and the continuously increasing levels of crime, both of which place a huge burden on the resources of the criminal justice system. ‘Bank associated robbery’ is a bank-related robbery (or attempted robbery) of cash, committed against a bank client while en route to or from a bank or ATM. Although this phenomenon is relatively unknown both in the academe and to the general public, the drastic increase in these violent and potentially traumatic crimes puts the general public at risk, and is therefore of particular concern to the banking industry and criminal justice practitioners. The impact and consequences of these robberies are aggravated by their interaction with the so-called trio crimes: home invasions and robbery, business robberies, and vehicle hijacking. In this article the dynamics of bank associated robbery are analysed, as well as its interrelationship with the trio crimes.

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犯罪正在变得越来越暴力吗？南非银行抢劫案的作用评估

公众对南非犯罪的暴力性质和犯罪水平的不断提高感到关切，这两者都给刑事司法系统的资源造成了沉重负担。“与银行有关的抢劫”是指与银行客户在进出银行或ATM的途中对银行客户实施的现金抢劫（或企图抢劫）。尽管这种现象在学院和公众中都是相对未知的，但是这些暴力和潜在创伤性犯罪的急剧增加使普通大众处于危险之中，因此，银行业和刑事司法从业者特别关注。这些抢劫与所谓的三重犯罪的相互作用加剧了这些抢劫的影响和后果：家庭入侵和抢劫，商业抢劫和劫车。