CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Public Intoxication, Domestic Violence, Child Abduction
4 Dec 2012
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Examine precursors (before), transactions (during), and aftermaths of criminal events. Examines settings in which criminal events take place. Interwoven with routine, activities theory, lifestyle exposure theory, environmental crim. All focus on routine activities, motivated offenders, criminal opportunity/suitable targets, . Offenders, victims, bystanders, witnesses, and criminal justice personnel) Referred to as events/episodes because they have beginnings, middle, and end . Most are young males (75%+) age 15~24, lower socioeconomic status, unemployed (or temporarily) Offenders may agree act was wrong, but denies doing it. Offenders accepts responsibilities, but claims act was justified. Offenders say victims deserves it/ everyone else does it, so why shouldn"t i? . Offenders do experience feelings of guilt; find it necessary to rationalize/justify their behaviour. Young males, 15~24 years of age, ethnic minorities, poor. Little diff between genders in terms of overall risk of victimization. May now define what happened to them was crime. Especially if crime committed by friend, acquaintance, family.
