Exam 4: Rational Choice Theory

____________________ theory states that crime is a function of a decision-making process in which the potential offender weighs the potential costs and benefits of an illegal act.

A well-publicized book, __________________, by Charles Murray and Louis Cox, went so far as to suggest that punishment-oriented programs could suppress future criminality much more effectively than those that relied on rehabilitation and treatment efforts.

According to deterrence theory, if the probability of arrest, conviction, and sanctioning could be increased, crime rates should:

Mobile items are desirable for offenders.

The view that criminals are not robots who engage in random acts of antisocial behavior reflects _____ crime.

Offenders must make decisions about what, _____, when, and whom to target.

________________  is the eighteenth-century school of thought that believed criminals chose to commit crime,  and that crime could be controlled by judicious punishment

Specific deterrence is aimed at deterring all potential offenders from committing crime.

If a crime is offense-specific, offenders have weighed their abilities, resources, needs, and levels of fear.

According to Bentham, the purpose of law is to produce and support the total happiness of the community it serves.

________ violations involve encounters in which the grievant's essential character has been challenged.

Areas with a greater than usual number of access streets from traffic arteries into the neighborhood are referred to as ______________________.

Professional shoplifters who steal with the intention of reselling stolen merchandise are known as _______________.

The concentration of police resources on street-level drug dealing, for example, to eradicate or displace that activity, would be an example of a(n) _______.

When studying serial killers, criminologists do not find any evidence to indicate that they make rational decisions when choosing victims.

The belief that crime can be reduced by modifying the physical environment to reduce opportunity is called:

Situational crime prevention has many elements. One key element states that items which are disposable and can be easily sold by thieves are most likely to be taken.

Status-based violations occur when an individual challenges a criminal's manhood or character,

What do immediate impact studies indicate about capital punishment's deterrent effect on murder?

About two-thirds of convicted felons are rearrested within three years