Essays Tagged: "Routine activity theory"

Victimization Theories.

heories are Victim precipitation, Lifestyle, Equivalent group hypothesis, Proximity hypothesis, and Routine activities.Victim Precipitation assumes that "victims provoke criminals" and that "victims t ... on deviant places. It shows why people with conventional lifestyles become crime victims" (106).The Routine activities theory reflects on three different variables. The first is the availability of su ...

(6 pages) 190 1 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Theories of Victimization

th crime and its victims. The four theories are victim precipitation, lifestyle, deviant place, and routine activities.Victim precipitation theory assumes victims trigger criminal acts by their provoc ... y transient neighborhoods in which commercial and residential property exist side by side." (pg.92).Routine activities theory reflects on three different variables: the availability of suitable target ...

(5 pages) 107 0 4.3 Oct/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Rational Choice vs Labeling Theory

have their problems labeling theory clearly has more and rational choice theory when accompanied by routine activity theory and lifestyle theory is a much better explanation of crime.

(5 pages) 119 0 4.3 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Women and crime

certain environment or the other way around.3.Since 1993 the crime rate has generally declined. Can routine activites theory explain this? How do you think routine Activities theory explains the viole ... his? How do you think routine Activities theory explains the violent crime rate in Philadelphia?The routine theory could support the fact that crime rate has generally declines. As one factor of a tow ...

(1 pages) 22 0 1.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology