Which Theory Explains Why Focusing on Minor Crimes Like Traffic

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which theory explains why focusing on minor crimes like traffic violations and drinking or using illegal drugs in public underpinned proactive policing in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

• A) broken windows theory
• B) conflict theory
• C) control theory
• D) differential association theory
• E) labeling theory

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Definitions:

Startup Capital

Initial funding used to start a business, covering costs such as product development, market research, and operational expenses until the business becomes self-sustaining.

Small Business Success

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Creative Destruction

An economic theory that suggests the dismantling of long-standing practices in order to make way for innovation and new systems that enhance economic vitality.

Joseph Schumpeter

An economist and political scientist who proposed the theory of creative destruction in economics.