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  1. Provide an overview of routine activity theory and address the following points:
    1. History of the theory
    2. Key elements or tenets of the theory
    3. Provide a crime/criminal example that illustrates the elements of this theory and identify how this theory explains this crime/criminal.
    4. One of the main purposes of a criminological theory is to inform a crime prevention policy/program/practice. Identify a current crime prevention policy/program/practice that is based on routine activity theory, OR, present an idea for a crime prevention policy/program/practice AND explain how it represents routine activity theory.
  2. Provide an overview of strain theory and addressing the following points:
    1. History of the theory.
    2. Key elements or tenets of the theory.
    3. Provide a crime/criminal example that illustrates the elements of this theory and identify how this theory explains this crime/criminal.
    4. One of the main purposes of a criminological theory is to inform a crime prevention policy/program/practice. Identify a current crime prevention policy/program/practice that is based on routine activity theory, OR, present an idea for a crime prevention policy/program/practice AND explain how it represents strain theory.