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11 Cards in this Set
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What did Hawley observe about the structure of human activities (3)?
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Rhythm - things people do occur with regularity
Tempo - particular events will tske place a consistent number of times Timing - events often depend on the co-occurrence of other events |
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What is the main interest of routine activities theory?
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Describing crime-inviting situations.
Explaining how long term social change can influence opportunities for crime. |
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How does routine activities theory treat opportunity? How does routine activities theory treat the offender?
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Problematic; given
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According to routine activities theory, for a direct predatory crime to occur, what 3 minimum conditions have to be preset in both time and space?
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Motivated offender
Suitable target Guardianship |
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Does routine activities theory attempt to explain why some people commit more crime than others? Why or why not?
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No; assumes that any normal person will commit crime when the advantages are great enough and costs are low enough
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What does the acronym VIVA stand for?
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Value
Inertia Visibility Accessibility |
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What do value, inertia, visibility, and accessibility mean?
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Value - what makes it worthwhile
Inertia - bulk and size of target Visibility - offender's awareness of target Accessibility - offender able to get to the target |
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What are some examples of effective guardianship?
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Witnesses, anyone or anything that makes the crime more risky.
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What are the "straightforward" policy implications of routine activities theory?
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Prevent combination of motivated offenders and suitable targets during moments of ineffective guardianship.
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Does routine activities theory argue in favor of manipulating situations or changing people?
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Manipulating situations
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What has routine activities theory been criticized?
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Victim blaming theory
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