Paper , Order, or Assignment Requirements

In this section, you should:

(1) In the process, you should convince the funding agency why identity theft is a problem for society and deserves further study. Please discuss the prevalence of the problem (report some statistics documenting how commonly it occurs). You could also discuss the financial impact that Identity theft has on our society, and the impact identity theft has in terms of society’s quality of life (including society’s level of fear from crime).

(2) After you have identified and documented the problem of Identity theft, discuss how Routine Activities theory best explains identity theft. Explain Routine Activities thoroughly.

(3) After explaining your theory, you should also present a thorough and balanced summary of the empirical research on this theory—especially as it relates to the problem behavior you have selected.