PSYC 102 Lecture 7: CRIM 101 - Lecture 7

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

Opportunity theory, routine activity theory, and criminal event theory. Rising crime rates: also a time when crime rates were rising dramatically, and victims were demanding the government take action to protect them. Lifestyle exposure theory: introduced in 1978 by hindelang, gottfredson and garofalo, same gottfredson who co-authored a general theory of crime with travis hirschi. Supporting evidence cont: rates of violent victimization much higher for individuals who were single or separated or divorced, and who engage more frequently in evening activities outside of the home. Working on the chain gang: husbands, wives and teenagers working, traveling to and from work, leaving home and personal effects unprotected. Reading, riting and rithmetic: more people going to schools, more schools to go to, more time spent in schools. Shop til you drop: food, fashion, functional items, fun. A structural (macro) model of the criminal event. Marcus felson"s metroreef: divergent metropolis or metroreef , refers to metropolitan areas that sprawl into seemingly endless suburbs.