The Italian job (2003 version)

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The Italian Job (2003)
Led by John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) and Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) a team is assembled for one last heist to steal $35 million in gold bars from a heavily guarded safe in Venice, Italy. After successfully pulling off the heist, a team member, Steve (Edward Norton), driven by greed and jealousy, arranges to take the gold for himself and eliminate the remaining members of the group. Thinking the team dead, he returns to L.A. with the gold. Charlie and the survivors of this betrayal follow Steve L.A. to exact revenge against the traitor. Charlie enlists the help of John Bridger’s daughter, Stella (Charlize Theron) – a professional safe cracker, to get revenge. With Stella and the hacking skills of Lyle (Seth Green), the explosives skills of “Left Ear” (Mos Def), and the driving skills of “Handsome” Rob (Jason Statham) this new team plans and executes a daring heist that weaves through the freeways and subways of L.A.
Exam 2:
Part 1: Chose two of the characters below and using the theories we have discussed in class trace their criminal decisions and involvement throughout the film. You should rely mostly on the theories discussed in the ppts for exam 2, however if you wish to include previous theories, you may do so.
Charlie Croker
Stella Bridger
John Bridger
Handsome Rob
Lyle
Left Ear
Steve

Part 2: Discuss the final heist to reclaim the gold as it pertains to the ideas of spatial arrangement of attractive targets. How does this heist conform to the theories of spatial arrangement of attractive targets and how does it differ? Are the differences enough to weaken the theory as an explanation of the criminals? actions in the final heist?

Theories of crime and criminal behavior

?Criminal decision making is in two parts
?Long-term multistage decision to become generally involving criminal activity
?Criminal involvement decision
?Short-term more immediate decision
?Criminal event decision (Cornish and Clarke, 1986)
?Bounded rationality or limited rationality
?Alcohol, drugs, peer pressure or limited education/opportunity ( Newman, 1997)

Rational choice
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Rational Choice
?Clarke and Cornish
?Background
?Psychological
?Familial
?Social/Demographics
?Experience and Learning
?Needs
?Solutions
?Reactions to Chance
?Readiness
?Decision
?Cohen and Felson, 1979
?Originated as a macro level explanation of predatory crime
?Originally examined changing patterns of employment and new criminal opportunities
?The behavior of victims explains the occurrence of crime
?Likely offender, civil target, absence of capable guardian
Routine activities
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Routine Activities
?Cohen and Felson, Machalek –
?Motivated Offender
?Potential Victim
?Lack of Guardianship
?Introduction of handlers
?A handler is a person, a third-party, who can influence the behavior of the offender
?Parents
?Teachers
?Friends
Enhancements
?Guardians
?Someone who has influence over the likelihood of crime occurring
?Formal or informal
?Protect targets
?Managers
?Place managers are people who are able to control a place even if they are not formally in charge of the area
?Landlords, store owners, etc.
Guardianship
?Marcus Felson (1995):

??Crime opportunity is the least when targets are directly supervised by guardians; offenders, by handlers; and places, by managers.?
Diminishing crime opportunity

Clarke and Eck, 2003
?Cohen and Felson 1979)
?Value
?Desired or monetary
?Inertia
?Can be moved
?Visibility
?Noticeable
?Accessibility
?Can be acquired
Spatial arrangement of attractive targets
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?Clarke (1999)
?Concealable
?Can be hidden
?Removable
?Can be taken
?Available
?Visible and not secured
?Valuable
?Desired or sellable
?Enjoyable
?Television versus stand mixers
?Disposable
?How quickly and offender can get rid of it
Spatial arrangement of attractive targets
?Offenders are often constrained by time and financial resources and lack the freedom to explore other opportunities or to search further a field for fresh prospects
?Accessing targets and making quick getaways
?Feeling comfortable and not standing out
?The least effort principle
Templates and cognitive behavior
?Environmental criminologist generally start from the assumption that offenders are motivated to commit crime
?Their interest is in the choice of where and when
?As the offender commits offenses he or she will often undertake the crime using the same or similar methodology to a previously successful criminal venture
Establishing a template

Canter and Larkin, 1993
?Offender ? crime site distances are usually short
?The average journey from offenders home to a burglary target is about five kilometers or roughly 3 miles
Journey to Crime
?Patterns for individual offenders show that his distance from home or other base increases, offending decreases.
?This pattern of behavior is termed the distance decay effect
?This is tempered by perceived risk of offending in one?s own neighborhood
Distance to crime
ManagementTopic Training need Identified
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Business Proposal

For this assignment, you will write a proposal to your organization?s senior management team for a project you would like to receive approval for. The section titled Practical Skills: Proposal Writing in the interactive lecture on page V of Module 7 provides guidance to help you determine the specific needs of your audience.

proposal will be based on the work you have already done for the Module 6 Critical Thinking Assignment (will provide attachment but I need a specific training need for this final proposal.

Leadership Training Need Identified

Review the information provided in the Module 7, Page V, Practical Skills: Proposal Writing, interactive lecture. Use the proposal template (attachment will be provided) for the assignment.

Your proposal should be 6-7 pages in length and conform to CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements. Include at least 5 scholarly references, proper in-text citation, and a reference page. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.