Talk:Rational choice theory (criminology)

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Rational choice theory (criminology

Raymond Becker (1968): Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach[edit]

Becker's work should be discussed first and foremost in this article. The article states that "This method was designed by Cornish and Clarke to assist in thinking about situational crime prevention" which is not accurate. The two approaches do vary quite a bit but Becker is the first to apply rational choice theory to crime. (Source: Bouffard, J. A., & Wolf, K. (2007). Rational Choice Theory: A Crime-Related Perspective. In G. Ritzer (Ed.), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology: Blackwell Publishing.) Additionally, Becker was more of a rational choice theorist than Cornish and Clarke (the latter presenting a very broad theory of rational choice opposed to the narrow theory by Becker). — Preceding unsigned comment added by LedZepaholic (talk • contribs) 13:48, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

criticism[edit]

No criticism section? Larklight 15:30, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pointless paragraph[edit]

"In democratic countries, like that of the United States or United Kingdom, the broad appeal of both liberal and rationalist philosophies has steadily lead to the strengthening in importance of the western hemisphere's overall ideological premise from the point of view of defending the ideas of John Stuart Mill, the founder of utilitarianism."

This doesn't actually say anything. Which philosophies? Which ideological premise? It's deleted. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.143.138.30 (talk) 11:41, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Aristotle/Aquinas eliminated from wikipedia?[edit]

as far as I can tell the entire influence of Aristotle on the theory of human action has been erased from wikipedia. In particular, here there is no mention of aristotle, the page unintended consequences claims the notion was coined by Thomas Merton, the page on Human action cycle claims it was formed by Dan Norman. I cant find the simple subcategories of action I was taught in catholic school decades ago and that were attributed to Aristotle and Aquinas, that are in fact the basis of criminal law rational choice theory (criminology). Those stages were roughly: motivation precedes intention precedes action precedes consequence, precedes evaluation. This doctrine is probably hundreds if not thousands of years old-- how have its roots been lost?Mrdthree (talk) 00:35, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

O'Grady reference[edit]

O'Grady is referenced a bunch of times in the text, but he is not listet with any of the works that are referenced to, in the referencelist.

I wasted some time earlier to find out that O'Grady 2011 refers to this 2nd edition of a 2007 publication: https://books.google.de/books?id=TZalYgEACAAJ&hl=de&source=gbs_book_other_versions . I don't know the correct way to cite in the bibliography (APA?) and I don't know how to signify that "O'Grady 2011" refers to the second edition of a book that was first published in 2007 and last edited in 2014.