CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Routine Activity Theory, Travis Hirschi, Bad Hindelang

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

Rising crime rates: also, a time when crime rates were rising dramatically, and victims were demanding the government to act to protect them. Introduced in 1978, by hindelang, gottfredson and garofalo: same gottfredson who co-authored a general theory of crime with travis hirschi. Some supporting evidence: 2004 gss found that rates of violent victimization were highest for young people between 15- Introduced in 1979, by lawrence cohen & marcus felson* Like lifestyle exposure theory came out at roughly the same time, both based on victimization surveys: three main elements required for predatory crime to occur:, a motivated offender, a suitable target, absence of a capable guardian. Working on the chain gang: husbands, wives and teenagers working, traveling to and from work. Reading, riting and rithmetic: more people going to schools, more schools to go to, more time spent in schools. Hop (cid:858)til you drop: food, fashion, functional items, fun.