CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Routine Activity Theory
8 May 2018
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Crim 103 – Week 2
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- Bullying and Traumatic stress
- Victimization Survey
- 3 Distinct Types of Victims
o bully-victims, delinquent sex/maltreatment victims and property delinquent
victims
- Most Common Explanation
o Delinquency-prone youth put themselves at considerable risk for victimization
o They associate themselves with violent or criminally inclined people
▪ Staying out late, frequenting dangerous locales in forfeiting the
behaviour and attitude of the protective shield of law enforcement,
authorities and supervisory adults.
3 Important Groups
- Victims but not Delinquents
o Victims of parental child abuse
- Victim Delinquency Association
o Bullies, who are non victimized aggressors
- Conventional Account in Criminology
o Limited set of mechanisms, emphasizing risky behaviour and routine activity
theory
Stress Theory
- Trauma creates heightened sensitivity to threat, hostile attribute bias, impairing social
competence and increased aggressive behaviour.
- Bullying Literature
o Bully victims, who suffer abuse and ostracism but also lash against others.
- Traumatic Stress Model
o Trauma of sexual abuse and child maltreatment
- Strong relationship between victimization and delinquency
o percentage of children who are delinquent-victims tends to increase among
older children with substantial rise between ages 13-14.
The Results
- 3 Distinct Types of Victims
o Bully Victims
▪ Are predominately boys with very high levels of delinquency,
victimization, adversity and anger.
▪ Description of bully victims as emotionally and behaviourally
dysregulated children
o Delinquent Sex/Maltreatment Victims
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Document Summary
3 distinct types of victims: bully-victims, delinquent sex/maltreatment victims and property delinquent victims. Victims but not delinquents: victims of parental child abuse. Victim delinquency association: bullies, who are non victimized aggressors. Conventional account in criminology: limited set of mechanisms, emphasizing risky behaviour and routine activity theory. Trauma creates heightened sensitivity to threat, hostile attribute bias, impairing social competence and increased aggressive behaviour. Bullying literature: bully victims, who suffer abuse and ostracism but also lash against others. Traumatic stress model: trauma of sexual abuse and child maltreatment. Strong relationship between victimization and delinquency: percentage of children who are delinquent-victims tends to increase among older children with substantial rise between ages 13-14. Co(cid:373)es fro(cid:373) the state of caroli(cid:374)a"s juve(cid:374)ile justice age(cid:374)c(cid:455: race differences can predict the repetition of offending. Has independent variables: adverse parenting, mental health, school-related disabilities and features of first offenses. Early age of first offences, status offenses and prosecution. Similar vulnerability between both black and youth.
