SOC 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Glasser'S Choice Theory, Bounded Rationality

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2700
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Return to classical school raional humans, deterrence, punishment. Called choice or opportunity theories: rouine aciviies theory, lifestyle theory, raional choice theory, situaional choice theory. Emphasizes that individuals rarely leave home planning to commit crimes (hydraulic ofenders), instead are inluenced by the presence of three factors. Three necessary components for crime/vicimizaion: moivated ofender, suitable target something worth taking (must be vulnerable, absence of capable guardian nothing to stop crime. If one of these components is missing crime is unlikely to happen. Presence of all three components converging in ime and place result in hot spots for crime. Focuses on why some people are at greater risk of vicimizaion than others. Social roles some people"s lifestyles more conducive to vicimizaion (greater interacion with ofenders) Posiion in social structures: higher posiion, lower the risk (engage in fewer rouine aciviies less interacion with ofenders) Raional component decisions about behaviour (young people tend to enhance vicimizaion by engaging in acivated with greater risk levels)