Rational Choice Theory

People ______________ and make a rational choice before they commit a crime

________________ argue that people commit crime based on the calculation of the likely consequences

Weigh up factors

Cornish and Clarke

If it seems worth it people will commit a crime.

In the UK the cost of crime is too low and that is why crime is rising due to…

Lenient punishment and full prisons meaning some offenders get early release

Felson's routine activity theory - he argued that for…

A crime to occur there must be three things

What are Felson's three things?

A motivated offender, a suitable target, the absence of a capable guardian

Offenders are assumed to act rationally, so the presence it a guardian (_______________) is likely to ______ them

Police officer or neighbour

Deter

A03: Explains crimes with rational goals and rewards like utilitarian crime but not non-utilitarian crime or crimes of…

Passion, desperation, influence or rage like murder, assault, litter