CMY3701 PART 1: THE RATIONAL ACTOR MODEL OF
CRIME AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR + THEME 1: THE
RATIONAL ACTOR MODEL WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS COVERS 2024/2025 BEST RATED A+
Aggravating circumstances - CORRECT ANSWERS Cause offender to
be punished more severely
Ex. rape of a child is more serious than rape of adult
Classical Criminology - CORRECT ANSWERS - Emphasises free will
- Views criminal act as consciously carried out
- Offender is rational: weighs up advantages and disadvantages
Main focus: CJS = if it operated in a consistent and predictable way it
would eliminate crime
Criminal event decision - CORRECT ANSWERS Shorter processes that
use more limited info relating to immediate circumstances and
situations
Criminal involvement - CORRECT ANSWERS Process: Individuals
choose to become involved in forms of crime, continue and desist
later
Bounded rationality - CORRECT ANSWERS Poor decisions based on
incomplete info
Mitigating cirumstances - CORRECT ANSWERS Result in more lenient
sentences
, CMY3701 PART 1: THE RATIONAL ACTOR MODEL OF
CRIME AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR + THEME 1: THE
RATIONAL ACTOR MODEL WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS COVERS 2024/2025 BEST RATED A+
Ex. being a first-time offender
Neo-classical school - CORRECT ANSWERS Scientific criminology AKA
Positivism
Believe that rehab is invalid
Routine activities theory (Marcus Felcon) - CORRECT ANSWERS 3
factors contribute to crime
Motivated offender
Suitable victim
Absence of capable guardian
Rational choice theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Emphasises the
importance of rationality in human action, even if limited or bounded
Emphasises decision making involved in offending
Social contract - CORRECT ANSWERS When an individual is bound by
society by their own consent. Society is responsible to them
Introduction to the rational school - CORRECT ANSWERS - Grew out
of a group of Enlightenment philosophers in the 8th century
- Humans should be addressees by reason NOT religion or
superstition
CRIME AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR + THEME 1: THE
RATIONAL ACTOR MODEL WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS COVERS 2024/2025 BEST RATED A+
Aggravating circumstances - CORRECT ANSWERS Cause offender to
be punished more severely
Ex. rape of a child is more serious than rape of adult
Classical Criminology - CORRECT ANSWERS - Emphasises free will
- Views criminal act as consciously carried out
- Offender is rational: weighs up advantages and disadvantages
Main focus: CJS = if it operated in a consistent and predictable way it
would eliminate crime
Criminal event decision - CORRECT ANSWERS Shorter processes that
use more limited info relating to immediate circumstances and
situations
Criminal involvement - CORRECT ANSWERS Process: Individuals
choose to become involved in forms of crime, continue and desist
later
Bounded rationality - CORRECT ANSWERS Poor decisions based on
incomplete info
Mitigating cirumstances - CORRECT ANSWERS Result in more lenient
sentences
, CMY3701 PART 1: THE RATIONAL ACTOR MODEL OF
CRIME AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR + THEME 1: THE
RATIONAL ACTOR MODEL WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS COVERS 2024/2025 BEST RATED A+
Ex. being a first-time offender
Neo-classical school - CORRECT ANSWERS Scientific criminology AKA
Positivism
Believe that rehab is invalid
Routine activities theory (Marcus Felcon) - CORRECT ANSWERS 3
factors contribute to crime
Motivated offender
Suitable victim
Absence of capable guardian
Rational choice theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Emphasises the
importance of rationality in human action, even if limited or bounded
Emphasises decision making involved in offending
Social contract - CORRECT ANSWERS When an individual is bound by
society by their own consent. Society is responsible to them
Introduction to the rational school - CORRECT ANSWERS - Grew out
of a group of Enlightenment philosophers in the 8th century
- Humans should be addressees by reason NOT religion or
superstition
