Individual
Views of Delinquency: Choice and Trait
Choice and Trait
Choice Theory
Free Will
Utilitarians
Classical Criminology
The Rational Delinquent
Rational Choice
Choosing Delinquent Acts
Lifestyle and Delinquency
Gangs and Choice
Routine Activities
Routine Activities Theory
Predatory Crimes
Lack of Capable Guardians
Suitable Targets
Motivated Offenders
Focus on Preventing and Treating
Delinquency: Does Delinquency Pay?
Choice Theory and Delinquency Prevention
General Deterrence
Deterrence and Delinquency
Can Delinquency Be Deterred?
Co-offending
What Does This Mean to Me? Does Punishment
work?
Specific Deterrence
Situational Crime Prevention
Hot Spots and Crackdowns
Hot Spots
Crackdowns
Do Delinquents Choose Crime?
Checkpoints
Choice theory maintains that delinquency is
rational and can be prevented by punishment that is sufficiently severe and certain.
Delinquents who choose crime must evaluate the characteristics of
a target to determine its suitability.
Routine activities theory suggests that
delinquent acts are a function of motivated offenders, lack of capable guardians, and
availability of suitable targets.
General deterrence models are based on the
fear of punishment. If punishments are severe, swift, and certain, then would-be
delinquents would choose not to risk breaking the law.
Specific deterrence aims at reducing crime
through the application of severe punishments. Once offenders experience these punishments
they will be unwilling to repeat their delinquent activities.
Situational crime prevention efforts are
designed to reduce or redirect crime by making it more difficult to profit from illegal
acts.
Trait Theories: Biosocial and
Psychological Views
The Origins of Trait Theory
Criminal Atavism
Contemporary Trait Theory
Biosocial Theories of Delinquency
Biochemical Factors
Biosocial Theory
Hormonal Levels
Neurological Dysfunction
Minimal Brain Dysfunction (MBD)
Biosocial Theories of Delinquency
Focus on Preventing and Treating
Delinquency: Are You What You Eat?
Learning Disabilities
Arousal Theory
Genetic Influences
Focus on Preventing and Treating
Delinquency:Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Genetic Influences
Parental Deviance
Twin Studies
Psychological Theories of
Delinquency
Disorders and Delinquency
Bipolar Disorder
Psychodynamic Tradition and Delinquency
Identity Crisis
Is There a Psychodynamic Link to Delinquency?
Behavioral Theory
Behaviorism
Social Learning Theory
Focus on Preventing and Treating
Delinquency:The Media and Delinquency
Cognitive Theory
Information Processing
Cognitive Treatment