Exam 2: Theoretical Foundations of Crime Analysis

The problem analysis triangle illustrates the relationships among the offender's criminal history, the vulnerability of the target/victim, the time and place of the crime event, and the lack of oversight/protection.

Shifting from burglarizing unlocked cars to breaking the windows to burglarize locked cars is and example of:

A two block area of a residential neighborhood that suffers and unusual amount of crime relative to the areas around it is an example of:

Criminological theories that deal with explanations of why people offend are most relevant to crime analysis.

Which type of repeat victimization occurs when commercial burglaries occur at stores in the same outdoor shopping plaza?

Fast-food restaurants with unusually high amount of crime activity are an example of a:

Environmental criminology

Which type of repeat victimization occurs when robberies occur at several locations of the same convenience store e.g., 7-Eleven)?

Which technique of situational crime prevention seeks to reduce the value of the crime itself to the offender?

Which type of repeat victimization occurs when victims or targets that are physically close to the original victim and share characteristics with the original victim?

Types of places that are frequently victimized that are not necessarily in the same area are called: