Routine Activity Theory: Victimization And Crime Prevention

INTRODUCTION

The aim of this paper is to thoroughly analyses the advice provided by the university of Botswana security services regarding victimization and crime prevention consistent with routine activity theory .Victimization means exploiting someone or treating them unfairly and unjustly(thesaurus;1999). Crime prevention which involves rational choice and routine activity theories is described organizations such as United Nations, World Health organization and the UK Audit Commission as the attempt to reduce or deter crime and criminals. Routine Activity theory is a sub-field of crime opportunity that focuses on situations of crimes. It has been developed by Marcus Felson and Lawrence E. Cohen, the premise of routine activity theory is that crime is relatively unaffected by social causes such as poverty, inequality and unemployment (Alex, 2011). The simple version of the terms proves that routine

It can be concluded that students are victimized because sometimes they display careless behavior such as leaving their doors open while going to the bathrooms, giving their friends spare keys and even leaving a lot of cash in their rooms or cars. For criminal cases to go down, primary and secondary prevention measures should be implemented mostly by students as they are the ones who are victimized more often. Routine Activity theory states that potential offenders are less likely to commit crime if opportunities for committing crime are reduced and there is presence of guardianship. In the instance of the University management, they should control movement into school through access management and defensible spaces. This will ensure that the University is conducive for learning as students will not live in fear of being victimized even in the comfort of their