CRIM 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Glasser'S Choice Theory, Common Cold, Voyeurism
12 Nov 2018
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Chapter 11: crime choice theory: everyday decisions made that are comparative to time we have sometimes wrong decisions but consequence is minor. There is cost + benefit weighing and everyone has priorities likes and dislikes that are diff from one another. Big decisions that can change your life majorly include major weighing of factors: criminal decisions are made the same way as any life course decisions. Intuition as well as reason + rationally are part of decision making. Crime: everybody does it: everybody does it, 1994 thomas gabor. Says committing crime is like a common cold. Nobody is immune but humans are not all equally susceptible. There is a difference with frequency, seriousness, and persistence of crimes committed. The costs and benefits of crime: crime committed when benefits outweigh costs, crime will occur when. A(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t eas(cid:455) to (cid:373)easu(cid:396)e he(cid:396)e like rape has huge impact on victims bit not a huge monetary impact on the offender.
