Routine activity theory

Activity Space Michael Pace University of Cincinnati Theory and Practice of Crime Prevention CJ 7070 Dr. Pamela Wilcox October 21, 2015  Introduction Crime events have the propensity of occurring in our daily routine activities. In order for a crime event to occur there must be three elements: a motivated offender, a potential target or victim, and lack of guardianship (Wilcox, 2015). Evaluating my own activity space, I was able to determine my nodes and paths. By analyzing my nodes and space

Social learning theory is the theory that is the closes in attempting to solve why crime happens but even more why crime happens within unsupervised youth. Social learning theory is basically stating that people learn from other people through observing, modeling, and imitating (Bandura, 1977). In a way, it tries to magnify the relationship between social structures and behavior and how they correlate when it comes to crime. As recently explain in this paper social structures have a good amount

Description of the case/ individual Casey Anthony was born on March 19, 1986 in Warren, Ohio. Casey Anthony was one of two children of Cindy and George Anthony. “Casey was a bright, personable young girl with friends and what many thought was an ordinary American family” (Biography). Friends of Casey say that a pattern of lying began with her in high school. Casey lied to her parents about graduating just for her parents to attend the graduation ceremony and find out that she was not graduating

Social disorganization is a theory brought up from the Chicago School of Thought in which is explained as being ecological rather than individualistic. Social disorganization is not about what people do however it is about a community not being able to come up with moral consensus. In social disorganization individuals cannot agree overall on how the neighborhood should be enforced. This does not necessarily mean that the individuals are immoral or bad people, but they simply cannot come to an agreement

complex as there are many different motives and causes behind a criminal act, which cannot be contributed to a single factor (Barlow & Decker, 2010). Within the field of criminology, a number of theories exist that attempt to explain why some individuals commit crime, while others abstain from it. Some theories attribute crime to the specific environment; they believe that an individual commits crime when certain ecological conditions are met (Felson, 2001). Others argue that crime is caused by the individual

2015). Theory One Rational-choice perspective was developed by Ronald Clarke and Derek Cornish, it states that everyone can make a decision to commit or not commit crimes. After reviewing the pros and cons of an action and fully understanding the consequences, a person can make a valid decision. Everyone takes into consideration the risks that they will face when proposing the action. People generally choose the best course of action to suit their needs (Adler, 2012). This theory concludes

types of crime will be explained; these are anti-social behaviour and hate crime. The theoretical explanations that will help to explain these two crime types are Routine Activities Theory and Social Learning Theory. The theories will be compared and contrasted using the two crime types and the strengths and limitations of the theories will be mentioned. The two crime types that will be used to help find the strengths and limitations of the theoretical perspectives are anti-social behaviour and

“Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach” takes a unique approach on analyzing crime rate trends by looking not at the characteristics and identities of the offenders of crime, but at circumstances and environmental factors surrounding the crime (in this case only crimes confined to predator violence that involves physical contact) that takes place. The piece analyzes several different aspects of what the authors refer to as ‘routine activities.’ By showing real data collected over

It is also stated that these female minorities typically live transient. This idea relates to the notions of routine activity theory, which states that a lack of social ties make it easier for an individual to be transient. As a result, individuals become vulnerable to victimization due to diminished social cohesiveness. This relates to my paper due to the continuation

The micro-theory that can be associated to explain the case study and why child exploitation occurs online is the social learning theory. The social learning theory is built off of differential association with the idea that criminal behavior is learned from others (Moore, 270). However, social learning theory determines that individuals not only engage in criminal behavior when around people associated with similar behavior, but that the behavior is also justified (Moore, 270). The Internet and