Exam 15: Contemporary Classicism

Felson's acronym VIVA was concerned with the theft of motor vehicles.

What is meant by 'bounded rationality'?

Contemporary classicism emerged from:

Situational approaches focus on:

Rather than focussing on the offender and the state's response, since the 1970s some different approaches have enjoyed growing popularity.

As faith in rehabilitation receded from the 1960s onward greater emphasis began to be placed on:

What did Felson describe as the 'chemistry for crime'?

What is 'defensible space'?

According to rational choice theorists crime is 'purposive'; it is never 'senseless' there is always some anticipated or intended benefit to the offender, including:

Routine activity theory states that offenders learn routines in prison that are criminogenic.

According to Cornish and Clarke (2006) what are two of the main classes of life events that are said to affect desistance from offending?

'Classical' criminology's assumption is:

Routine activity theory, like other control-style theories, starts from the assumption that a key question is 'Why do people not commit crime?'

From the 1970s onwards criminologists from various perspectives found two approaches to crime control increasingly popular:

Which theories does situational crime prevention draw upon primarily?

'Crime scripts' are the basis for television police documentaries.

In what year was the Home Office's 'Crime Prevention Unit set up and what was its target?

Rational choice theory is based on the idea that individuals will commit offences if the 'expected utility' of doing so is positive, and will not do so if it is negative.