SOCI-224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Crime Prevention
Document Summary
The backdoor of mobile companies so that the police can access information that they need (anything on the servers) related to an individual. Certain people or organizations like the government do not require a warrant. This was taken away and they are currently planning on making more changes so that authorities would require a lawyer or judge beforehand to do those things. Rational choice theory-people break the law because they believe the crime will provide a reward. Routine activity theories-a crime will not occur unless you have: motivated offender. In a classroom: suitable target, lack of effective guardianship. If anyone of those three are not present then you wont have a crime. Most of the victimizations that occur, occur to those same victims repeatedly. In 1969 there was a police strike in montreal. Within minute"s downtown was a warzone (riots, fighting). The number of people incarcerated in the united states is the highest in the world.
