Sociology 2266A/B Chapter 2: Chapter 2
25 Apr 2018
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What happens after: how we respond to the crime influences the likelihood of future criminal events. Many crimes are linked to the routine activities in which both victims and offenders engage. Crimes are largely a consequence of what transpires during the event. Crimes are more likely to happen in specific circumstances and involve specific types of people. Systematic accidents (felson, 1987) are based on the choices people make; impacts likelihood of being victimized. Episodic quality have beginning and end: criminal event has its own dimensions which are both related to and distinct from what went on before it. Social character involves interactions among people: even events that seem solitary in nature still have a social character to them, ex. Self-seeking time of life/behaviour, trying to distinguish who you are apart from your friends and family: period of risk-taking behaviour. Offe(cid:374)ders(cid:859) a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ts refle(cid:272)t (cid:272)ultural (cid:271)eliefs: apist(cid:859)s e(cid:454)(cid:272)uses a(cid:374)d justifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ill go fro(cid:373) ge(cid:374)eral se(cid:454)ist (cid:271)eliefs blameworthiness of sexual assault victims.
