CRI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Testability, Infantry, Conscientiousness
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Rational choice theory: initial engagement (no longer talking about why person commits crime?, target selection (who do they choose?, desistance (what gets them to stop?) The more components you add on, the more rmly you are in rational choice theory. Rct develops at much greater length beccaria"s original simple model of human choice. To engage in crime (classical deterrence theory; rct) (initial crime involvement: i. Background factors: psychological, upbringing, social & demographic: ii. Target selection (rct: decision, selected (middle class area, x, y, z. That depends on whether rct assumes (1) pure or (2) partial rationality. Purpose: to understand the decision-making of burglars. Sample: snowball sample of 30 active burglars, in urban texas metropolitan center. Need to address their needs to steer them away from problematic behavior. Some say they would desist if there were alternative methods that paid them as much. Practice = beccaria: severity: not a lot of evidence; don"t seem to make a difference.
