Análise estratégica do crime: estudo de caso do roubo de viaturas na cidade de Maputo

Abstract

This monograph under the title of the Crime Strategy Analysis - case study of Vehicle Theft in Maputo City, purports to explain the stolen vehicles as a criminal act equipped with logic of opportunity costs and rational decisions. According to international studies that concern theft, the individual acts by economic interest, noting factors relating to profitability, safety, feasibility, etc. Therefore, is investigate the extent in which stolen vehicles in Maputo can be seen in the context of rational choices and decisions equally rational. The armed robbery in its shed for stolen vehicles can be understood in market logic to the extent that criminals maximize profits by selling stolen cars to achieve their main objectives. It was privileged the qualitative approach in order to understand the phenomenon under study. On it was necessary to make literature review, survey and documentary interviews. The study was supported by the theory of Strategic Analysis of Crime, which sees the robber as a person who acts rationally in achieving his objectives. Indeed, it was concluded that car theft is an act preceded by rational and purely economic objectives such as improving their living conditions, and they strategically plan coordinated their actions and act after assessing the circumstances for the theft