CCJ 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Infant Mortality, Burglary, Redlining
15 Apr 2018
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Routine activity theory: the return of classical theory. Cohen and felson (1979: motivated offenders, suitable targets, absence of capable guardians, probability influenced by routine activities . Opportunity and control: routine activities can create opportunities for crimes, control of routine activities and targets is critical. Poll: the presence of a motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of a capable guardian, are all we need to know to understand crime: strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree. Criminological theory? inclined criminally : unlike many criminological inquiries, we do not examine why individuals or groups are. Inequality and social harm: what are the harms associated with high inequality, health issues, drug abuse, higher infant mortality rates, high school dropout rates, higher homicide rates. Inequality and violence: blau and blau (1982, messner (1989, jacobs and richardson (2008) Poll: like the scandinavian countries, the united states should implement programs to reduce extreme inequality in society: strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree.
