Assignment:
Provide an overview of routine activity theory and address the following points:
1. History of the theory
2. Key elements or tenets of the theory
3. Provide a crime/criminal example that illustrates the elements of this theory and identify how this theory explains this crime/criminal.
4. One of the main purposes of a criminological theory is to inform a crime prevention policy/program/practice. Identify a current crime prevention policy/program/practice that is based on routine activity theory, OR, present an idea for a crime prevention policy/program/practice AND explain how it represents routine activity theory.