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Study Guide
Chapter 4 1. Rational choice theory has roots in the __________ school of criminology developed by the Italian social thinker, Cesare Beccaria. 2. At the end of the 19th century, the popularity of the classical approach began to decline as _____ criminologists focused their attentions on internal and external factors - such as poverty, IQ, and education - rather than personal choice and decision making. 3. Crime is ________ because criminals will react selectively to the characteristics of an individual criminal act. 4. According to Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker, criminals engage in a(n) __________ of crime. 5. Which of the following circumstances would prompt an offender to decide to forgo crime? 6. Which statement reflects structuring criminality based on economic need?

7. According to the rational choice approach, the decision to commit crime is structured by: 8. That thieves select German cars indicates that auto theft is rational because: 9. Why is drug dealing considered a rational crime? 10. "Awareness space" indicates that which crime is rational? 11. Jacob's and Wright's research on robbers indicates that target selection can be a rational choice made to ____ rather than to generate capital. 12. Sociologist Jack Katz argues that there are situational inducements to criminality that directly precede the commission of crime and draw offenders into law violations. Katz termed these inducements the: 13. The "high" or the excitement/exhilaration of successfully executing illegal activities in dangerous situations is referred to as: 14. The concept of situational crime prevention suggests that desperate people may contemplate crime, but only the truly ____ will attack a well-defended, inaccessible target and risk strict punishment.