Criminal Justice Ch5.5

Front 1

What did Hawley observe about the structure of human activities (3)?

Back 1

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

Front 2

What is the main interest of routine activities theory?

Back 2

Describing crime-inviting situations.
Explaining how long term social change can influence opportunities for crime.

Front 3

How does routine activities theory treat opportunity? How does routine activities theory treat the offender?

Back 3

Problematic; given

Front 4

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?

Back 4

Motivated offender
Suitable target
Guardianship

Front 5

Does routine activities theory attempt to explain why some people commit more crime than others? Why or why not?

Back 5

No; assumes that any normal person will commit crime when the advantages are great enough and costs are low enough

Front 6

What does the acronym VIVA stand for?

Back 6

Value
Inertia
Visibility
Accessibility

Front 7

What do value, inertia, visibility, and accessibility mean?

Back 7

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

Front 8

What are some examples of effective guardianship?

Back 8

Witnesses, anyone or anything that makes the crime more risky.

Front 9

What are the "straightforward" policy implications of routine activities theory?

Back 9

Prevent combination of motivated offenders and suitable targets during moments of ineffective guardianship.

Front 10

Does routine activities theory argue in favor of manipulating situations or changing people?

Back 10

Manipulating situations

Front 11

What has routine activities theory been criticized?

Back 11

Victim blaming theory