“We can deter criminals because crime is about decisions and opportunities.”Your answer must integrate theories that propose offenders choose to commit crimes and therefore can be deterred.These general inquiries should be addressed for the section on rational choice:What factors impact a person’s rationality, according to the perspective of Cornish and Clarke?How does rational choice theory explain initiation into, maintenance of, and desistence from crime?What policy implications could come from Cornish and Clarke’s theory?How would you empirically test rational choice theory?These general inquiries should be addressed for the section on deterrence:Explain the notion of general and specific deterrence and summarize the state of research regarding the deterrent effect of punishment.

“We can deter criminals because crime is about decisions and opportunities.”Your answer must integrate theories that propose offenders choose to commit crimes and therefore can be deterred.These general inquiries should be addressed for the section on rational choice:What factors impact a person’s rationality, according to the perspective of Cornish and Clarke?How does rational choice theory explain initiation into, maintenance of, and desistence from crime?What policy implications could come from Cornish and Clarke’s theory?How would you empirically test rational choice theory?These general inquiries should be addressed for the section on deterrence:Explain the notion of general and specific deterrence and summarize the state of research regarding the deterrent effect of punishment.