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===Motivated offender===

Motivated offenders are individuals who are not only capable of committing criminal activity, but are willing to do so.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Felson|first1=Marcus|last2=Cohen|first2=Lawrence E.|date=1980|title=Human Ecology and Crime: A Routine Activity Approach|jstor=4602572|journal=Human Ecology|volume=8|issue=4|pages=389–406|doi=10.1007/BF01561001|s2cid=154738413}}</ref> This element that has received the most criticism due to the lack of information regarding what it truly is.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology">{{Cite book |chapter=Routine Activity Theory |last=Miro |first=Fernando |date=January 31, 2014 |title=The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology |edition=first |editor-first=J. Mitchell |editor-last=Miller|isbn=978-1-118-51739-0 |doi=10.1002/9781118517390 |year=2014 }}</ref> A motivated offender can be pointed out as any type of person who has true intent to commit a crime against an individual or property. However, the motivated offender has to be someone who is able to commit the crime, or, in other words, has everything he or she needs to commit a crime, physically, and mentally.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology" />

===Suitable target===

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: V: Visibility (The attribute of exposure which solidifies the suitability of the target)<ref name="Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology" />

: A: Access (The placement of the individual, or object, that increases, or lessens, the potential risk of the intended attack)<ref name="Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology" />

===Absence of a suitable guardian===

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* {{cite journal |last1=Rountree |first1=P. W. |last2=Land |first2=K. C. |last3=Miethe |first3=T. D. |date=1994 |title=Macro‐micro integration in the study of victimization: A hierarchical logistic model analysis across Seattle neighborhoods |journal=Criminology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=387–414|doi=10.1111/j.1745-9125.1994.tb01159.x }}

* {{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=W. R. |last2=Frazee |first2=S. G. |last3=Davison |first3=E. L. |date=2000 |title=Furthering the integration of routine activity and social disorganization theories: Small units of analysis and the study of street robbery as a diffusion process. |journal=Criminology |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=489–524|doi=10.1111/j.1745-9125.2000.tb00897.x }}

==References==

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