Auto Burglaries in Your City: A Routine Activities Theory Approach

Abstract

QUESTION ONE: 40pts Scenario: An area of your city is experiencing car burglaries that are detected by residents when they prepare to leave for work in the morning. They involve the theft of change, iPods, and other items left in the cars. Some involve broken driver or passenger window glass and some had no damage, as the doors were left unlocked. These burglaries happen in a one-square-mile radius which contains several apartment complexes and single-residence neighborhoods. The auto burglaries occur at both. Instructions: Please explain the situation using routine activities theory (RAT). Once you explain the factors associated with RAT, outline a plan consistent with the RAT principles that will likely reduce this crime issue. Explain why it should reduce auto burglaries. You may provide support from your class materials and text but must include at least one outside empirical peer-reviewed source. Be sure to use in-text citations and references. Replies are expected to be at least three full paragraphs of substance. QUESTION TWO: 40pts Discuss a social structure (macro) theory (such as social disorganization, culture transmission, anomie, or strain) and how we can use it today to help prevent or deter criminal or delinquent behavior. Provide an overview of the theory and why you favor its explanatory potential to impact crime. You may provide support from your class materials and text but must include at least one outside empirical peer-reviewed source. Be sure to use in-text citations and references. Replies are expected to be at least three full paragraphs of substance. QUESTION THREE: 40pts Scenario: Earl and Randy are brothers and attend the same junior high school. Earl is in 9th grade and Randy 8th. They walk home from school and usually stop at the local convenience store. One day, they stop and, having no money, each steal a...