This is a theory developed by considering and combining the main contributions from rational choice theory, routine activity theory, environmental criminology, strategic analysis, lifestyle/exposure theory, CPTED, situational crime prevention, hot
spot analysis, and opportunity theory generally, which is aimed at explaining why some places are more prone to serve as hosts to and targets of crimes.
A. Routine activity theory
B. Anomie theory
C. Social disorganization theory
D. Crime pattern theory
D
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a. Geographic profiling b. Organized-disorganized offender profiling c. Cognitive-behavioral profiling d. Victim profiling
Shaw and McKay’s work on juveniles found that rates of delinquency ______.
a. appeared to cluster in certain neighborhoods b. were lowest in neighborhoods in or around business and industrial areas c. appeared to be distributed randomly across the neighborhoods d. tend to decline as people moved closer to the central business district
The law regarding jurisdiction over Internet cases is fairly well established
a. True b. False
Since the ______, the overall crime rate has been ______ in the United States.
A. 1970s; decreasing B. 1980s; increasing C. 1990s; decreasing D. 2000s; increasing