In this paper we present a “routine activity approach” for analyzing crime rate trends and cycles
2020
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- In this paper we present a “routine activity approach” for analyzing crime rate trends and cycles
- Rather than emphasizing the characteristics of offenders, with this approach we concentrate upon the circumstances in which they carry out predatory criminal acts
- Human ecological theory facilitates an investigation into the way in which social structure produces this convergence, allowing illegal activities to feed upon the legal activities of everyday life
- A variety of data is presented in support of the hypothesis, which helps explain crime rate trends in the United States 1947 to 1974 as a byproduct of changes in such variables as labor force participation and single-adult households
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