CRIM 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Routine Activity Theory, Social Disorganization Theory, T Visa
6 Jun 2018
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From Theory to research to Policy
● Theories → Research → Policy
○ Theoretical frameworks
○ Quantitative and qualitative research
○ Anti trafficking responses
● Social disorganization theory → research on crime → addressing community level factors
● General strain theory → examining individual level indicators of experiencing strain →
providing coping mechanisms, mitigating strain and anomy
● Routine activity theory → research on choices and behavior of individuals → disrupting
routines of certain individuals
● Situational crime prevention theory → research on cues in environment → altering cues in
environment
Problem Analysis Triangle
● Controllers - any person that has influence on victims, offenders, or places
○ Places ← → offenders ← → targets ← → places
Laws and Policies
● T visa → given to foreign trafficking victims in US so they can continue to live there
● 3 P’s
○ Prevention
○ Protection
○ Prosecution
○ Program collaboration / partnerships ???
■ 4th P that is now sort of being added
● From the Dominating Framework to the Dominating Response
○ Criminal justice frame
○ Research stressing criminal behavior
● What are Anti-Trafficking Responses?
○ Number of states criminalizing trafficking is recent
○ Sentences vary but are generally long in comparison to other countries
● How do we get to anti-trafficking responses?
○ Knowledge and governance effects
■ Governance: many anti trafficking responses are being measured in
similar ways across range of countries
○ Criticism of TIP report:
■ Thin data
■ Overemphasis on prosecution
■ Unilateral approach to the problem
■ Tendency to construe as moral panic
○ Impact of TIP report:
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Document Summary
Social disorganization theory research on crime addressing community level factors. General strain theory examining individual level indicators of experiencing strain providing coping mechanisms, mitigating strain and anomy. Routine activity theory research on choices and behavior of individuals disrupting routines of certain individuals. Situational crime prevention theory research on cues in environment altering cues in environment. Controllers - any person that has influence on victims, offenders, or places. Places offenders targets places. T visa given to foreign trafficking victims in us so they can continue to live there. Governance: many anti trafficking responses are being measured in similar ways across range of countries. 4th p that is now sort of being added. From the dominating framework to the dominating response. Number of states criminalizing trafficking is recent. Sentences vary but are generally long in comparison to other countries. Encouragement for countries to take stronger action against trafficking.
