What’s on the Routine Activity Theory poster
The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.
- A crime event needs a likely offender, a suitable target and no capable guardian, con…
- Likely offender + suitable target + absent guardian
- Empty platform, late = Guardian absent
- Bike, crowded street = Guardian present
- Fixed cash route = Target predictable
- Common mistake: Crime rose, so motivation rose → Opportunity structures changed
Educational reference. Cohen and Felson's account explains events and rates; it does not explain individual motivation.
Questions about the Routine Activity Theory poster
- What’s on the Routine Activity Theory poster?
- The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. A crime event needs a likely offender, a suitable target and no capable guardian, con…; Likely offender + suitable target + absent guardian; Empty platform, late = Guardian absent; Bike, crowded street = Guardian present; Fixed cash route = Target predictable; Common mistake: Crime rose, so motivation rose → Opportunity structures changed. Educational reference. Cohen and Felson's account explains events and rates; it does not explain individual motivation.
- Who is the Routine Activity Theory poster for?
- Routine Activity Theory belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning criminological theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Routine Activity Theory poster?
- Use it to explain crime rates from changes in daily life rather than in motive. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Routine Activity Theory belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Routine Activity Theory?
- The Classical School, Control Theories and Crime Concentrates sit alongside Routine Activity Theory in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Classical SchoolControl TheoriesCrime Concentrates
- Is the Routine Activity Theory poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Routine Activity Theory downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Routine Activity Theory poster print at?
- Routine Activity Theory is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Routine Activity Theory loses nothing.Printing guide
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