Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activity Approach (1979)

From Cohen, L.E. and Felson, M. (1979). Social change and crime rate trends: A routine activity approach. American Sociological Review, 44, 588-608.8.1 Abstract 188 8.2 Introduction 1888.2.1 The Structure of Criminal Activity 190 8.2.2 Selected Concepts from Hawley’s Human EcologicalTheory 190 8.2.3 The Minimal Elements of Direct-Contact PredatoryViolations 191 8.2.4 The Ecological Nature of Illegal Acts 1918.3 Relation of the Routine Activity Approach to Extant Studies 193 8.3.1 Descriptive Analyses 193 8.3.2 Macrolevel Analyses of Crime Trends and Cycles 194 8.3.3 Microlevel Assumptions of the Routine Activity Approach 1968.4 Empirical Assessment 197 8.4.1 Circumstances and Location of Offenses 197 8.4.2…