What is the role of street culture and cognitive scripts in the commission of opportunity crimes, such as street robbery?
What will be an ideal response?
Street culture is powerful in street robbery. Immediate gratification, disdain for conventional living, lack of future orientation, and image are all norms of street culture. Cognitive scripts are also perfected with practice of various street crimes and reinforced through social learning and instrumental learning.
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