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The Memorandum on Theories and Data
General deterrence is a type of punishment that seeks to discourage or stop the public
from committing a crime (Tomlinson, 2016). The government sets laws that have severe
consequences when broken. It then intimidates its citizens to abide by these laws or face the
consequences. As a result, people become fearful, and the likelihood of committing a crime is
minimized. This theory supports the crime prevention strategy that was addressed in the article.
For instance, the government or local authorities propose to design homes and put street lights
and install surveillance cameras in the streets as a way of minimizing crime (Chataway, 2018). It
then creates rules that no person should break into someone’s home, steal cars, or attack people
in the streets. If one is caught breaking these rules, they should either be fined millions of dollars
and or spend a certain period in jail depending on the crime committed. People would become
fearful of these consequences, and the chances of committing a crime would minimize.
This is the same in the application of specific deterrence theory. Specific deterrence is a
type of punishment that discourages an offender from committing the same crime in the future
(Bouffard et al., 2017). This theory is much applicable to strengthen the crime prevention
strategy that was discussed in the article. For instance, when one commits a crime like breaking
into a home, he/she is jailed or fined. The jail term or fine would decrease the chances of the
person committing the same crime in the future. Routine activities theory, on the other hand,
states that people act in response to situations. Therefore, for a crime to be committed, three
criteria must be met; a person must be motivated to commit a crime, the victim must be
vulnerable, and there is the absence of a capable guardian to prevent the crime (Wikström, 2018).
This theory supports the crime prevention strategy discussed in the article in the sense that laws
must be enforced to discourage the person from committing a crime and there should be a

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Running head THE MEMORANDUM ON THEORIES AND DATA The Memorandum on Theories and Data Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date 1 THE MEMORANDUM ON THEORIES AND DATA 2 The Memorandum on Theories and Data General deterrence is a type of punishment that seeks to discourage or stop the public from committing a crime (Tomlinson, 2016). The government sets laws that have severe consequences when broken. It then intimidates its citizens to abide by these laws or face the consequences. As a result, people become fearful, and the likelihood of committing a crime is minimized. This theory supports the crime prevention strategy that was addressed in the article. For instance, the government or local authorities propose to design homes and put street lights and install surveillance cameras in the streets as a way of minimizing crime (Chataway, 2018). It then creates rules that no person should break into someone’s home, steal cars, or attack people in the streets. If one is caught breaking these rules, they should either be fined millions of dollars and or spend a certain period in jail depending on the crime committed. People would become fearful of these conseq ...
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