CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Routine Activity Theory, Travis Hirschi, Victimology
15 Mar 2016
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10- opportunity theory, routine activity theory, & criminal event. Lifestyle exposure, opportunity and routine activities theory evolved in the 1970"s, when victimization surveys started to gain in popularity. Victimization surveys tried to figure out who was being victimized, who was doing the victimization, what sort of victimization was involved etc. Also a time when crime rates were rising dramatically, and victims were demanding the gov"t take action to protect them. Victimology, opportunity theory, lifestyle exposure theory, routine activities theory and rational choice theory are quite similar. All tend to view criminal event in terms of time-space continuum, and examine ways in which offenders and victims intersect in time and space in the absence of a capable guardian. Introduced in 1978, by hindelang, gottfredson and garofalo. Same gottfredson who co-authored a general theory of crime with travis hirschi. Lifestyles of individuals and groups follow certain patterns (where they go, when they go, what they do, who they go with/meet there)
